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About Masanakuppe Village

Masanakuppe is a small village in Heggadadevankote tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 133, made up of 62 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,145 females per 1000 males. The village covers 161.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 570026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masanakuppe Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masanakuppe village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Mysore
Tehsil Heggadadevankote
Pincode 570026
Area (hectares) 161.13 hectares
Population 133
Male Population 62
Female Population 71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,145
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Masanakuppe compares

By the 2011 count Masanakuppe is the 196th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 982 residents. Its 161.13 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 984.

Getting to Masanakuppe

Masanakuppe is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Masanakuppe as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Masanakuppe from other places

Masanakuppe lies about 26 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Dornahalli, about 10 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 Masanakuppe
Nearest railway station Dornahalli 10 km
Nearest town Krishnarājāsāgara 11 km
District headquarters Mysore 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Heggadadevankote 30 km

Villages closest to Masanakuppe

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masanakuppe village had a population of 133. That makes it the 196th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 982 residents.

Masanakuppe village has 62 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masanakuppe has about 1145 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Masanakuppe is 570026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masanakuppe covers 161.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Masanakuppe falls under Heggadadevankote tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Masanakuppe is Dornahalli, about 10 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 <5 km distance for Masanakuppe.

Masanakuppe is about 26 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masanakuppe is in Heggadadevankote tehsil of Mysore district. Dornahalli is about 10 km away. Krishnarājāsāgara is about 11 km away. Mysore is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chagathikuppe (under 2 km), Chikkabyranakuppe (under 2 km) and Doddabyranakuppe (under 2 km).

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

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