About Madya Village

Madya is a mid sized village in Mangalore tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,624, made up of 802 males and 822 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574030, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madya village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Mangalore
Pincode	574030
Area (hectares)	199.79 hectares
Population	1,624
Male Population	802
Female Population	822
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Madya compares

By the 2011 count Madya is the 58th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents. Its 199.79 hectares work out to about 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1060.

Getting to Madya

Madya is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Madya 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Madya from other places

Madya lies about 41 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Kumbala, about 3.9 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 Madya
Nearest railway station	Kumbala	3.9 km
Nearest town	Kāsaragod	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mangalore	34 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	41 km

Villages closest to Madya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madya village had a population of 1,624. That makes it the 58th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents.

Madya village has 802 males and 822 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madya has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1060.

The pincode recorded for Madya is 574030. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madya covers 199.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Madya falls under Mangalore tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Madya is Kumbala, about 3.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Madya.

Madya is about 41 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madya is in Mangalore tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Kumbala is about 3.9 km away. Kāsaragod is about 15 km away. Mangalore is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.