About Madalu Village

Madalu is a mid sized village in Kadur tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 689, made up of 336 males and 353 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 225.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577548, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madalu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madalu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Kadur
Pincode	577548
Area (hectares)	225.87 hectares
Population	689
Male Population	336
Female Population	353
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,051
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Madalu compares

By the 2011 count Madalu is the 119th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 890 residents. Its 225.87 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Madalu

Madalu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Madalu as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Madalu from other places

Madalu lies about 42 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Devanur, about 8.7 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 Madalu
Nearest railway station	Devanur	8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kadur	11 km
Nearest town	Kadūr	11 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	42 km

Villages closest to Madalu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madalu village had a population of 689. That makes it the 119th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 890 residents.

Madalu village has 336 males and 353 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madalu has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Madalu is 577548. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madalu covers 225.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madalu falls under Kadur tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Madalu is Devanur, about 8.7 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 5 - 10 km distance for Madalu.

Madalu is about 42 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madalu is in Kadur tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Devanur is about 8.7 km away. Kadur is about 11 km away. Kadūr is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.