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About Penjahalli Village

Penjahalli is a mid sized village in Heggadadevankote tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,218, made up of 617 males and 601 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 974 females per 1000 males. The village covers 511.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Penjahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Penjahalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Mysore
Tehsil Heggadadevankote
Pincode 571114
Area (hectares) 511.22 hectares
Population 1,218
Male Population 617
Female Population 601
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 974
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Penjahalli compares

By the 2011 count Penjahalli is the 71st largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 982 residents. Its 511.22 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Penjahalli

Penjahalli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Penjahalli 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 Penjahalli from other places

Penjahalli lies about 48 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Sujatapuram, about 44 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 Penjahalli
Tehsil headquarters Heggadadevankote 7.3 km
Nearest town Hunsūr 29 km
Nearest railway station Sujatapuram 44 km
District headquarters Mysore 48 km

Villages closest to Penjahalli

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 Penjahalli

As per the Census of India 2011, Penjahalli village had a population of 1,218. That makes it the 71st largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 982 residents.

Penjahalli village has 617 males and 601 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Penjahalli has about 974 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Penjahalli is 571114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Penjahalli covers 511.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Penjahalli falls under Heggadadevankote tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Penjahalli is Sujatapuram, about 44 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 Penjahalli.

Penjahalli is about 48 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Penjahalli is in Heggadadevankote tehsil of Mysore district. Heggadadevankote is about 7.3 km away. Hunsūr is about 29 km away. Sujatapuram is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gowdimachanayakana Halli (1.7 km), Machanayakanahalli (1.7 km) and Hirehalli (1.8 km).

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

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