About Medikere Village

Medikere is a large village in Channagiri tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,201, made up of 1,101 males and 1,100 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 999 females per 1000 males. The village covers 741.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Medikere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Medikere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Davanagere
Tehsil	Channagiri
Pincode	577552
Area (hectares)	741.59 hectares
Population	2,201
Male Population	1,101
Female Population	1,100
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	999
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Medikere compares

By the 2011 count Medikere is the 31st largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents. Its 741.59 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Medikere

Medikere is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Medikere 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Medikere from other places

Medikere lies about 29 km from Davanagere, and the nearest railway station is Mayakonda, 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 Medikere
Nearest railway station	Mayakonda	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Channagiri	24 km
District headquarters	Davanagere	29 km

Villages closest to Medikere

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Medikere village had a population of 2,201. That makes it the 31st largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents.

Medikere village has 1,101 males and 1,100 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Medikere has about 999 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Medikere is 577552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Medikere covers 741.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Medikere falls under Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Medikere is Mayakonda, 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Medikere.

Medikere is about 29 km from Davanagere in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Medikere is in Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district. Mayakonda is about 10 km away. Channagiri is about 24 km away. Davanagere is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.