About Medak Village

Medak is a large village in Sedam tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,405, made up of 1,199 males and 1,206 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1931.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585318, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Medak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Medak village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Sedam
Pincode	585318
Area (hectares)	1931.18 hectares
Population	2,405
Male Population	1,199
Female Population	1,206
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Medak compares

By the 2011 count Medak is the 20th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,584 residents. Its 1931.18 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Medak

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

Medak lies about 77 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Kurgunta, 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 Medak
Nearest town	Gurmatkāl	15 km
Nearest railway station	Kurgunta	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sedam	29 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	77 km

Villages closest to Medak

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Medak village had a population of 2,405. That makes it the 20th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,584 residents.

Medak village has 1,199 males and 1,206 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Medak has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Medak is 585318. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Medak covers 1931.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Medak falls under Sedam tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Medak is Kurgunta, 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 village for Medak.

Medak is about 77 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Medak is in Sedam tehsil of Gulbarga district. Gurmatkāl is about 15 km away. Kurgunta is about 26 km away. Sedam is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.