About Maisavi Village

Maisavi is a small village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 358, made up of 196 males and 162 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 827 females per 1000 males. The village covers 696.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577434, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maisavi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maisavi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577434
Area (hectares)	696.07 hectares
Population	358
Male Population	196
Female Population	162
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	827
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maisavi compares

By the 2011 count Maisavi is the 173rd largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 696.07 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 986.

Getting to Maisavi

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

Maisavi lies about 59 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Balegundi, about 11 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 Maisavi
Nearest railway station	Balegundi	11 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	15 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	59 km

Villages closest to Maisavi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maisavi village had a population of 358. That makes it the 173rd largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Maisavi village has 196 males and 162 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maisavi has about 827 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Maisavi is 577434. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maisavi covers 696.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maisavi falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Maisavi is Balegundi, about 11 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 - 10 km distance for Maisavi.

Maisavi is about 59 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maisavi is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Balegundi is about 11 km away. Sāgar is about 15 km away. Sorab is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.