About Maddanakunte Village

Maddanakunte is a mid sized village in Hiriyur tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 843, made up of 393 males and 450 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,145 females per 1000 males. The village covers 590.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577532, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maddanakunte Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maddanakunte village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Hiriyur
Pincode	577532
Area (hectares)	590.27 hectares
Population	843
Male Population	393
Female Population	450
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,145
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maddanakunte compares

By the 2011 count Maddanakunte is the 99th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,525 residents. Its 590.27 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Maddanakunte

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

Maddanakunte lies about 26 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Balenahalli, about 14 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 Maddanakunte
Nearest railway station	Balenahalli	14 km
Nearest town	Challakere	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hiriyur	22 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	26 km

Villages closest to Maddanakunte

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maddanakunte village had a population of 843. That makes it the 99th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,525 residents.

Maddanakunte village has 393 males and 450 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maddanakunte has about 1145 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Maddanakunte is 577532. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maddanakunte covers 590.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maddanakunte falls under Hiriyur tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Maddanakunte is Balenahalli, about 14 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 Maddanakunte.

Maddanakunte is about 26 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maddanakunte is in Hiriyur tehsil of Chitradurga district. Balenahalli is about 14 km away. Challakere is about 20 km away. Hiriyur is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.