About Bellumadu Village

Bellumadu is a mid sized village in Virajpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 553, made up of 255 males and 298 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,169 females per 1000 males. The village covers 373.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bellumadu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bellumadu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Virajpet
Pincode	571218
Area (hectares)	373.82 hectares
Population	553
Male Population	255
Female Population	298
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,169
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bellumadu compares

By the 2011 count Bellumadu is the 88th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents. Its 373.82 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1026.

Getting to Bellumadu

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

Bellumadu lies about 18 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Pappinisseri, about 55 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 Bellumadu
Tehsil headquarters	Virajpet	8.7 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	18 km
Nearest town	Madikeri	20 km
Nearest railway station	Pappinisseri	55 km

Villages closest to Bellumadu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bellumadu village had a population of 553. That makes it the 88th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents.

Bellumadu village has 255 males and 298 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bellumadu has about 1169 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Bellumadu is 571218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bellumadu covers 373.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bellumadu falls under Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Bellumadu is Pappinisseri, about 55 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 Bellumadu.

Bellumadu is about 18 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bellumadu is in Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Virajpet is about 8.7 km away. Kodagu is about 18 km away. Madikeri is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.