About Megaravalli Village

Megaravalli is a large village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,539, made up of 1,215 males and 1,324 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,090 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1041.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577424, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Megaravalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Megaravalli village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577424
Area (hectares)	1041.32 hectares
Population	2,539
Male Population	1,215
Female Population	1,324
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,090
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Megaravalli compares

By the 2011 count Megaravalli is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 1041.32 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Megaravalli

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

How far is Megaravalli from other places

Megaravalli lies about 56 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 45 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 Megaravalli
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	12 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	18 km
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	45 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	56 km

Villages closest to Megaravalli

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 Megaravalli

As per the Census of India 2011, Megaravalli village had a population of 2,539. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Megaravalli village has 1,215 males and 1,324 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Megaravalli has about 1090 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Megaravalli is 577424. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Megaravalli covers 1041.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Megaravalli falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Megaravalli is Arasalu, about 45 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 village for Megaravalli.

Megaravalli is about 56 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Megaravalli is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 12 km away. Someshwar is about 18 km away. Arasalu is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.