About Masagodu Village

Masagodu is a mid sized village in Somvarpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,454, made up of 679 males and 775 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,141 females per 1000 males. The village covers 512.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571236, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masagodu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masagodu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Somvarpet
Pincode	571236
Area (hectares)	512.45 hectares
Population	1,454
Male Population	679
Female Population	775
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,141
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Masagodu compares

By the 2011 count Masagodu is the 34th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents. Its 512.45 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1053.

Getting to Masagodu

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

Masagodu lies about 25 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Kadagaravalli, about 32 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 Masagodu
Tehsil headquarters	Somvarpet	under 2 km
Nearest town	Madikeri	23 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	25 km
Nearest railway station	Kadagaravalli	32 km

Villages closest to Masagodu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masagodu village had a population of 1,454. That makes it the 34th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents.

Masagodu village has 679 males and 775 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masagodu has about 1141 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1053.

The pincode recorded for Masagodu is 571236. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masagodu covers 512.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Masagodu falls under Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Masagodu is Kadagaravalli, about 32 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 Masagodu.

Masagodu is about 25 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masagodu is in Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Somvarpet is about under 2 km away. Madikeri is about 23 km away. Kodagu is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.