About Mahishi Village

Mahishi is a small village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 484, made up of 230 males and 254 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,104 females per 1000 males. The village covers 616.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mahishi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahishi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577220
Area (hectares)	616.92 hectares
Population	484
Male Population	230
Female Population	254
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,104
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Mahishi compares

By the 2011 count Mahishi is the 97th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 616.92 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Mahishi

Mahishi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Mahishi 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Mahishi from other places

Mahishi lies about 37 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 34 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 Mahishi
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	9.4 km
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	34 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	37 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	37 km

Villages closest to Mahishi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahishi village had a population of 484. That makes it the 97th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Mahishi village has 230 males and 254 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahishi has about 1104 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Mahishi is 577220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mahishi covers 616.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mahishi falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Mahishi is Arasalu, about 34 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Mahishi.

Mahishi is about 37 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mahishi is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 9.4 km away. Arasalu is about 34 km away. Shimoga is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.