# Meruvapalli Village, Bagepalli, Chikkaballapura (Karnataka)

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Village · Bagepalli, Chikkaballapura 

# Meruvapalli

Meruvapalli is a village in Bagepalli sub-district of Chikkaballapura district, Karnataka, PIN code **561207**. The 2011 Census counted **251 people in 63 households**, the 175th largest of 211 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.1%.

- 251people (2011)
- 63households
- 66.5%literacy
- 561207PIN code

## Meruvapalli PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Meruvapalli is 561207.** Meruvapalli falls in Bagepalli sub-district, Chikkaballapura district, Karnataka.

- PIN code561207
- Gram panchayatKanagamakala Palli
- Community development blockBagepalli
- Census village code623887

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Meruvapalli from nearby towns?

- Bagepalli (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Chikkaballapur (district HQ)53 km by road
- Bagepalli (nearest town)13 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Meruvapalli?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Meruvapalli; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bagepalli
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bagepalli
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bagepalli
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Meruvapalli known for?

The main crops are **ragi**. About 66% of the 150 hectares of village land is sown, and 29 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Meruvapalli

Of every 100 households in Meruvapalli in 2011, 97 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Meruvapalli · ■ Bagepalli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**88%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**87%

Tap water ****100%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**90%

Use banking services ****100%**

**54%

Television ****14%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**35%

Own their home ****95%**

**94%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Meruvapalli?

■ Meruvapalli · ■ Bagepalli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.5%**

**58.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1074**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****929**

**950

Working population ****65.7%**

**56.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.2% for men and 52.1% for women. 65% of men and 66% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 67 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (12%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 76 (46%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Bagepalli

- Kolimpalli265 people
- Singappagaripalli257 people
- Battalapalli255 people
- Gundlapalli255 people
- Doddipalli247 people
- Musaliganapalli246 people
- Yarraganapalli237 people
- Bodikadirepalli234 people

[All 228 villages in Bagepalli](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/chikkaballapura/bagepalli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Meruvapalli?561207
- How far is Meruvapalli from Chikkaballapur?53 km by road
- What is the population of Meruvapalli?251 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meruvapalli in?Chikkaballapura district (Bagepalli sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Meruvapalli?66.5% (Census 2011)