About Menase Village

Menase is a small village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 44, made up of 22 males and 22 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 100.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577412, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Menase Overview

Census 2011 figures for Menase village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Hosanagara
Pincode	577412
Area (hectares)	100.15 hectares
Population	44
Male Population	22
Female Population	22
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Menase compares

By the 2011 count Menase is the 183rd largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 100.15 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Menase

Menase is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Menase as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Menase from other places

Menase lies about 44 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Anandapuram, about 6.1 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 Menase
Nearest railway station	Anandapuram	6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hosanagara	18 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	21 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	44 km

Villages closest to Menase

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

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Common questions about Menase

As per the Census of India 2011, Menase village had a population of 44. That makes it the 183rd largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Menase village has 22 males and 22 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Menase has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Menase is 577412. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Menase covers 100.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Menase falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Menase is Anandapuram, about 6.1 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Menase.

Menase is about 44 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Menase is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Anandapuram is about 6.1 km away. Hosanagara is about 18 km away. Sāgar is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.