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About Medihala Village

Medihala is a mid sized village in Kolar tehsil, in the district of Kolar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,228, made up of 630 males and 598 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 476.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 563133, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Medihala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Medihala village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Kolar
Tehsil Kolar
Pincode 563133
Area (hectares) 476.97 hectares
Population 1,228
Male Population 630
Female Population 598
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 949
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Medihala compares

By the 2011 count Medihala is the 45th largest of the 313 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 751 residents. Its 476.97 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Medihala

Medihala is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Medihala 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Medihala from other places

Medihala lies about 10 km from Kolar, and the nearest railway station is Jannagatta, about 9.8 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 Medihala
Nearest railway station Jannagatta 9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Kolar 10 km
Nearest town Kolār 10 km

Villages closest to Medihala

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kolar 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 Medihala

As per the Census of India 2011, Medihala village had a population of 1,228. That makes it the 45th largest of the 313 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 751 residents.

Medihala village has 630 males and 598 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Medihala has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Medihala is 563133. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Medihala covers 476.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Medihala falls under Kolar tehsil of Kolar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Medihala is Jannagatta, about 9.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Medihala is about 10 km from Kolar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Medihala is in Kolar tehsil of Kolar district. Jannagatta is about 9.8 km away. Kolar is about 10 km away. Kolār is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Havalegowdana Hosur (under 2 km), Somasastri Hosur (under 2 km) and Naganala (under 2 km).

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

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