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About Manchalli Forest Village

Manchalli Forest is a mid sized village in Virajpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 827, made up of 400 males and 427 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,068 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1575.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571250, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manchalli Forest Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manchalli Forest village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Kodagu
Tehsil Virajpet
Pincode 571250
Area (hectares) 1575.5 hectares
Population 827
Male Population 400
Female Population 427
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,068
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Manchalli Forest compares

By the 2011 count Manchalli Forest is the 76th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents. Its 1575.5 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Manchalli Forest

Manchalli Forest is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Manchalli Forest as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Manchalli Forest from other places

Manchalli Forest lies about 58 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Mahé, about 58 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Manchalli Forest
Tehsil headquarters Virajpet 34 km
Nearest town Kalpatta 40 km
District headquarters Kodagu 58 km
Nearest railway station Mahé 58 km

Villages closest to Manchalli Forest

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Virajpet tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Manchalli Forest

As per the Census of India 2011, Manchalli Forest village had a population of 827. That makes it the 76th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents.

Manchalli Forest village has 400 males and 427 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manchalli Forest has about 1068 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Manchalli Forest is 571250. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manchalli Forest covers 1575.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Manchalli Forest falls under Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Manchalli Forest is Mahé, about 58 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Manchalli Forest.

Manchalli Forest is about 58 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manchalli Forest is in Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Virajpet is about 34 km away. Kalpatta is about 40 km away. Kodagu is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kurchi (4.6 km), Nemmale East And West (7.9 km) and Harihara (11 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Manchalli Forest today is likely to be higher.

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