About Muchur Village

Muchur is a large village in Mangalore tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,294, made up of 1,099 males and 1,195 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,087 females per 1000 males. The village covers 677.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Muchur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Muchur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Mangalore
Pincode	574144
Area (hectares)	677.32 hectares
Population	2,294
Male Population	1,099
Female Population	1,195
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,087
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Muchur compares

By the 2011 count Muchur is the 40th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents. Its 677.32 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1060.

Getting to Muchur

Muchur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Muchur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Muchur from other places

Muchur lies about 41 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Jokatte, about 10 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 Muchur
Nearest town	Mūdbidri	9.5 km
Nearest railway station	Jokatte	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mangalore	14 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	41 km

Villages closest to Muchur

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 Muchur

As per the Census of India 2011, Muchur village had a population of 2,294. That makes it the 40th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents.

Muchur village has 1,099 males and 1,195 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Muchur has about 1087 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1060.

The pincode recorded for Muchur is 574144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Muchur covers 677.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Muchur is Jokatte, about 10 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Muchur.

Muchur 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.

Muchur is in Mangalore tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Mūdbidri is about 9.5 km away. Jokatte is about 10 km away. Mangalore is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.