About Maggula Village

Maggula is a mid sized village in Virajpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 716, made up of 296 males and 420 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,419 females per 1000 males. The village covers 612.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maggula Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maggula village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Virajpet
Pincode	571218
Area (hectares)	612.77 hectares
Population	716
Male Population	296
Female Population	420
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,419
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maggula compares

By the 2011 count Maggula is the 81st 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 612.77 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 Maggula

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

Maggula lies about 24 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Kannur South, about 59 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 Maggula
Tehsil headquarters	Virajpet	1.5 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	24 km
Nearest town	Madikeri	26 km
Nearest railway station	Kannur South	59 km

Villages closest to Maggula

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 Maggula

As per the Census of India 2011, Maggula village had a population of 716. That makes it the 81st largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents.

Maggula village has 296 males and 420 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maggula has about 1419 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

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

Maggula covers 612.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maggula falls under Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Maggula is Kannur South, about 59 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 Maggula.

Maggula is about 24 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maggula is in Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Virajpet is about 1.5 km away. Kodagu is about 24 km away. Madikeri is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.