About Kalathmadu Village

Kalathmadu is a mid sized village in Virajpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,055, made up of 521 males and 534 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 653.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalathmadu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalathmadu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Virajpet
Pincode	571211
Area (hectares)	653.76 hectares
Population	1,055
Male Population	521
Female Population	534
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalathmadu compares

By the 2011 count Kalathmadu is the 64th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents. Its 653.76 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Kalathmadu

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

Kalathmadu lies about 28 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 61 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 Kalathmadu
Tehsil headquarters	Virajpet	8.5 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	28 km
Nearest town	Madikeri	30 km
Nearest railway station	Krishnaraja Nagar	61 km

Villages closest to Kalathmadu

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 Kalathmadu

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalathmadu village had a population of 1,055. That makes it the 64th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents.

Kalathmadu village has 521 males and 534 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalathmadu has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Kalathmadu is 571211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalathmadu covers 653.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kalathmadu falls under Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kalathmadu is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 61 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 Kalathmadu.

Kalathmadu is about 28 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalathmadu is in Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Virajpet is about 8.5 km away. Kodagu is about 28 km away. Madikeri is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.