About Marakudi Village

Marakudi is a mid sized village in Raybag tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 923, made up of 485 males and 438 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 587.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Marakudi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Marakudi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Belgaum
Tehsil	Raybag
Pincode	591224
Area (hectares)	587.35 hectares
Population	923
Male Population	485
Female Population	438
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	903
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Marakudi compares

By the 2011 count Marakudi is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 6,163 residents. Its 587.35 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Marakudi

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

Marakudi lies about 65 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Chikodi Road, about 3.6 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 Marakudi
Nearest railway station	Chikodi Road	3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Raybag	12 km
Nearest town	Chikodi	17 km
District headquarters	Belgaum	65 km

Villages closest to Marakudi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Marakudi village had a population of 923. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 6,163 residents.

Marakudi village has 485 males and 438 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Marakudi has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Marakudi is 591224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Marakudi covers 587.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Marakudi falls under Raybag tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Marakudi is Chikodi Road, about 3.6 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 Marakudi.

Marakudi is about 65 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Marakudi is in Raybag tehsil of Belgaum district. Chikodi Road is about 3.6 km away. Raybag is about 12 km away. Chikodi is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.