About Madappady Village

Madappady is a mid sized village in Sulya tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,757, made up of 887 males and 870 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 5557.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madappady Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madappady village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Sulya
Pincode	574218
Area (hectares)	5557.19 hectares
Population	1,757
Male Population	887
Female Population	870
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	981
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Madappady compares

By the 2011 count Madappady is the 31st largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,132 residents. Its 5557.19 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Madappady

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

Madappady lies about 49 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Nileshwar, about 26 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 Madappady
Tehsil headquarters	Sulya	19 km
Nearest town	Kanhangad	26 km
Nearest railway station	Nileshwar	26 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	49 km

Villages closest to Madappady

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madappady village had a population of 1,757. That makes it the 31st largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,132 residents.

Madappady village has 887 males and 870 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madappady has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Madappady is 574218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madappady covers 5557.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Madappady falls under Sulya tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Madappady is Nileshwar, about 26 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 Madappady.

Madappady is about 49 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madappady is in Sulya tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Sulya is about 19 km away. Kanhangad is about 26 km away. Nileshwar is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.