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About Menasi Village

Menasi is one of the larger villages in Pappireddipatti tehsil, in the district of Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,280, made up of 2,641 males and 2,639 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 999 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1254.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 636904, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Menasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Menasi village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Dharmapuri
Tehsil Pappireddipatti
Pincode 636904
Area (hectares) 1254.32 hectares
Population 5,280
Male Population 2,641
Female Population 2,639
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 999
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Menasi compares

By the 2011 count Menasi is the 8th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,303 residents. Its 1254.32 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Menasi

The census records public bus service for Menasi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Menasi from other places

Menasi lies about 28 km from Dharmapuri, and the nearest railway station is Buddireddippatti, about 9.6 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 Menasi
Nearest town Pallippatti 5.6 km
Nearest railway station Buddireddippatti 9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Pappireddipatti 28 km
District headquarters Dharmapuri 28 km

Villages closest to Menasi

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

Common questions about Menasi

As per the Census of India 2011, Menasi village had a population of 5,280. That makes it the 8th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,303 residents.

Menasi village has 2,641 males and 2,639 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Menasi has about 999 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Menasi is 636904. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Menasi covers 1254.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Menasi falls under Pappireddipatti tehsil of Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Menasi is Buddireddippatti, about 9.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Menasi.

Menasi is about 28 km from Dharmapuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Menasi is in Pappireddipatti tehsil of Dharmapuri district. Pallippatti is about 5.6 km away. Buddireddippatti is about 9.6 km away. Pappireddipatti is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gundalamaduvu (3.5 km), Molayanur (4.7 km) and Tenkaraikottai (5.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Menasi today is likely to be higher.

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