About Madderu Village

Madderu is a mid sized village in Holalkere tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,553, made up of 772 males and 781 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1117.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577527, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madderu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madderu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Holalkere
Pincode	577527
Area (hectares)	1117.14 hectares
Population	1,553
Male Population	772
Female Population	781
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,012
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Madderu compares

By the 2011 count Madderu is the 38th largest of the 159 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,148 residents. Its 1117.14 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, a little above the tehsil average of 976.

Getting to Madderu

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

Madderu lies about 25 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Amritapura, about 11 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 Madderu
Tehsil headquarters	Holalkere	7.7 km
Nearest railway station	Amritapura	11 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	25 km

Villages closest to Madderu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madderu village had a population of 1,553. That makes it the 38th largest of the 159 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,148 residents.

Madderu village has 772 males and 781 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madderu has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 976.

The pincode recorded for Madderu is 577527. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madderu covers 1117.14 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.

Madderu falls under Holalkere tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Madderu is Amritapura, about 11 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 Madderu.

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

Madderu is in Holalkere tehsil of Chitradurga district. Holalkere is about 7.7 km away. Amritapura is about 11 km away. Chitradurga is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.