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About Maithadi Village

Maithadi is a mid sized village in Virajpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,547, made up of 742 males and 805 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,085 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1058.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maithadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maithadi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Kodagu
Tehsil Virajpet
Pincode 571218
Area (hectares) 1058.25 hectares
Population 1,547
Male Population 742
Female Population 805
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,085
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Maithadi compares

By the 2011 count Maithadi is the 43rd largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents. Its 1058.25 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 Maithadi

Maithadi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maithadi as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Maithadi from other places

Maithadi lies about 16 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Bajakere, 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 Maithadi
Tehsil headquarters Virajpet 7.8 km
District headquarters Kodagu 16 km
Nearest town Madikeri 19 km
Nearest railway station Bajakere 59 km

Villages closest to Maithadi

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.

Common questions about Maithadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Maithadi village had a population of 1,547. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents.

Maithadi village has 742 males and 805 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maithadi has about 1085 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

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

Maithadi covers 1058.25 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.

Maithadi falls under Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Maithadi is Bajakere, 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Maithadi.

Maithadi is about 16 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maithadi is in Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Virajpet is about 7.8 km away. Kodagu is about 16 km away. Madikeri is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Halugunda (1.5 km), Devanageri (2.6 km) and Byrambada (3.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Maithadi today is likely to be higher.

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