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About Madikere Village

Madikere is a mid sized village in Chintamani tehsil, in the district of Chikkaballapura, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,784, made up of 882 males and 902 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 400.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 563125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madikere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madikere village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chikkaballapura
Tehsil Chintamani
Pincode 563125
Area (hectares) 400.29 hectares
Population 1,784
Male Population 882
Female Population 902
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,023
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Madikere compares

By the 2011 count Madikere is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 650 residents. Its 400.29 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Madikere

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

Madikere lies about 40 km from Chikkaballapura, and the nearest railway station is Dodnatta, about 5.1 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 Madikere
Tehsil headquarters Chintamani 4.9 km
Nearest railway station Dodnatta 5.1 km
District headquarters Chikkaballapura 40 km

Villages closest to Madikere

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madikere village had a population of 1,784. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 650 residents.

Madikere village has 882 males and 902 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madikere has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Madikere is 563125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madikere covers 400.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madikere falls under Chintamani tehsil of Chikkaballapura district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Madikere is Dodnatta, about 5.1 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 Madikere.

Madikere is about 40 km from Chikkaballapura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madikere is in Chintamani tehsil of Chikkaballapura district. Chintamani is about 4.9 km away. Dodnatta is about 5.1 km away. Chikkaballapura is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kurutihalli (2.0 km), Doddaganjur (2.2 km) and Gollahalli (2.3 km).

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

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