By population, Mengasandra ranks #85 of 225 villages in Hosdurga mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mengasandra is a village of 922 people in 187 households (Census 2011) in Hosdurga taluk, Chitradurga district, Karnataka, the 85th-largest of 225 villages in Hosdurga taluk. Literacy is 57%, 7 points below the taluk average of 64% and the sex ratio is 979 women per 1,000 men. It lies 43 km from the Chitradurga district centre, 45 km from Ajjampura, the nearest town, 37 km from Hosadurga Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 577533, served by Mathodu post office; the LGD village code is 605970. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Yalanadu, 11 km away. The village votes in Hiriyur assembly constituency, represented by MLA D Sudakar. The population is estimated at 1,087 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kainadu →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mengasandra · this village | 922 | 57% | — |
| Gollarahalli · Holalkere | 1,682 | 69% | 1.3 km NW |
| Gollarahalli · Holalkere | 416 | 65% | 1.3 km NW |
| Kainadu · Hosdurga | 1,043 | 69% | 4.2 km W |
| Vengalapura · Hosdurga | 1,027 | 64% | 4.8 km SE |
| Malappanahalli · Hosdurga | 466 | 52% | 6.7 km W |
| Sujikal · Hosdurga | 1,010 | 61% | 7.1 km SW |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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