About Megalapalya Village

Megalapalya is a mid sized village in Pavagada tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,647, made up of 849 males and 798 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 743.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Megalapalya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Megalapalya village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Pavagada
Pincode	572141
Area (hectares)	743.55 hectares
Population	1,647
Male Population	849
Female Population	798
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	940
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Megalapalya compares

By the 2011 count Megalapalya is the 46th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents. Its 743.55 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Megalapalya

Megalapalya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Megalapalya 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 Megalapalya from other places

Megalapalya lies about 102 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Kadiridevarapalli, about 18 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 Megalapalya
Nearest railway station	Kadiridevarapalli	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pavagada	22 km
Nearest town	Pāvugada	22 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	102 km

Villages closest to Megalapalya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Megalapalya village had a population of 1,647. That makes it the 46th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents.

Megalapalya village has 849 males and 798 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Megalapalya has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Megalapalya is 572141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Megalapalya covers 743.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Megalapalya falls under Pavagada tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Megalapalya is Kadiridevarapalli, about 18 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 Megalapalya.

Megalapalya is about 102 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Megalapalya is in Pavagada tehsil of Tumkur district. Kadiridevarapalli is about 18 km away. Pavagada is about 22 km away. Pāvugada is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.