About Modage Village

Modage is a mid sized village in Hukeri tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,280, made up of 558 males and 722 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,294 females per 1000 males. The village covers 314.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591243, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Modage Overview

Census 2011 figures for Modage village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Belgaum
Tehsil	Hukeri
Pincode	591243
Area (hectares)	314.53 hectares
Population	1,280
Male Population	558
Female Population	722
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,294
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Modage compares

By the 2011 count Modage is the 94th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,792 residents. Its 314.53 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Modage

Modage is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Modage as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Modage from other places

Modage lies about 25 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Belagavi, about 25 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 Modage
Nearest town	Gadhinglaj	20 km
District headquarters	Belgaum	25 km
Nearest railway station	Belagavi	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hukeri	27 km

Villages closest to Modage

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Modage village had a population of 1,280. That makes it the 94th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,792 residents.

Modage village has 558 males and 722 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Modage has about 1294 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Modage is 591243. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Modage covers 314.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Modage falls under Hukeri tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Modage is Belagavi, about 25 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 10+ km distance for Modage.

Modage is about 25 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Modage is in Hukeri tehsil of Belgaum district. Gadhinglaj is about 20 km away. Belgaum is about 25 km away. Belagavi is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.