About Makkandur Village

Makkandur is a mid sized village in Madikeri tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,874, made up of 947 males and 927 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1474.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makkandur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makkandur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Madikeri
Pincode	571201
Area (hectares)	1474.56 hectares
Population	1,874
Male Population	947
Female Population	927
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	979
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Makkandur compares

By the 2011 count Makkandur is the 23rd largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,690 residents. Its 1474.56 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1005.

Getting to Makkandur

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

Makkandur lies about 7.3 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Bajakere, about 40 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 Makkandur
Tehsil headquarters	Madikeri	4.9 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	7.3 km
Nearest railway station	Bajakere	40 km

Villages closest to Makkandur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makkandur village had a population of 1,874. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,690 residents.

Makkandur village has 947 males and 927 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makkandur has about 979 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 1005.

The pincode recorded for Makkandur is 571201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makkandur covers 1474.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Makkandur falls under Madikeri tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Makkandur is Bajakere, about 40 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 Makkandur.

Makkandur is about 7.3 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makkandur is in Madikeri tehsil of Kodagu district. Madikeri is about 4.9 km away. Kodagu is about 7.3 km away. Bajakere is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.