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About Southanahalli Village

Southanahalli is a mid sized village in Krishnarajanagara tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 542, made up of 286 males and 256 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 347.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571602, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Southanahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Southanahalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Mysore
Tehsil Krishnarajanagara
Pincode 571602
Area (hectares) 347.07 hectares
Population 542
Male Population 286
Female Population 256
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Southanahalli compares

By the 2011 count Southanahalli is the 117th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,429 residents. Its 347.07 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Southanahalli

Southanahalli is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Southanahalli 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Southanahalli from other places

Southanahalli lies about 27 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Dornahalli, about 2.6 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 Southanahalli
Nearest railway station Dornahalli 2.6 km
Nearest town Krishnarājāsāgara 6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Krishnarajanagara 27 km
District headquarters Mysore 27 km

Villages closest to Southanahalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Southanahalli village had a population of 542. That makes it the 117th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,429 residents.

Southanahalli village has 286 males and 256 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Southanahalli has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Southanahalli is 571602. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Southanahalli covers 347.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Southanahalli falls under Krishnarajanagara tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Southanahalli is Dornahalli, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Southanahalli is about 27 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Southanahalli is in Krishnarajanagara tehsil of Mysore district. Dornahalli is about 2.6 km away. Krishnarājāsāgara is about 6.5 km away. Krishnarajanagara is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Saligrama (under 2 km), Sathigrama (under 2 km) and Kamenahalli (1.7 km).

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

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