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About Maragathur Village

Maragathur is a small village in Sakleshpur tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 140, made up of 65 males and 75 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,154 females per 1000 males. The village covers 239.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maragathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maragathur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Hassan
Tehsil Sakleshpur
Pincode 573123
Area (hectares) 239.13 hectares
Population 140
Male Population 65
Female Population 75
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,154
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Maragathur compares

By the 2011 count Maragathur is the 178th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 477 residents. Its 239.13 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1047.

Getting to Maragathur

Maragathur 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 Maragathur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maragathur from other places

Maragathur lies about 47 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Kadagaravalli, about 12 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 Maragathur
Nearest railway station Kadagaravalli 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Sakleshpur 22 km
District headquarters Hassan 47 km

Villages closest to Maragathur

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

Common questions about Maragathur

As per the Census of India 2011, Maragathur village had a population of 140. That makes it the 178th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 477 residents.

Maragathur village has 65 males and 75 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maragathur has about 1154 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1047.

The pincode recorded for Maragathur is 573123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maragathur covers 239.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maragathur falls under Sakleshpur tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Maragathur is Kadagaravalli, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Maragathur.

Maragathur is about 47 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maragathur is in Sakleshpur tehsil of Hassan district. Kadagaravalli is about 12 km away. Sakleshpur is about 22 km away. Hassan is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kumathahalli (under 2 km), Palahalli (2.2 km) and Yaragalli (3.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Maragathur today is likely to be higher.

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