About Purappe Mane Village

Purappe Mane is a mid sized village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 801, made up of 398 males and 403 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 350.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577417, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purappe Mane Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purappe Mane village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Hosanagara
Pincode	577417
Area (hectares)	350.83 hectares
Population	801
Male Population	398
Female Population	403
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,013
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purappe Mane compares

By the 2011 count Purappe Mane is the 43rd largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 350.83 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Purappe Mane

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

How far is Purappe Mane from other places

Purappe Mane lies about 54 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Balegundi, about 7.5 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 Purappe Mane
Nearest railway station	Balegundi	7.5 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hosanagara	20 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	54 km

Villages closest to Purappe Mane

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 Purappe Mane

As per the Census of India 2011, Purappe Mane village had a population of 801. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Purappe Mane village has 398 males and 403 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purappe Mane has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Purappe Mane is 577417. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purappe Mane covers 350.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purappe Mane falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Purappe Mane is Balegundi, about 7.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Purappe Mane.

Purappe Mane is about 54 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purappe Mane is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Balegundi is about 7.5 km away. Sāgar is about 11 km away. Hosanagara is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.