About Maldare Village

Maldare is a large village in Virajpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,027, made up of 999 males and 1,028 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2788.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571253, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maldare Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maldare village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Virajpet
Pincode	571253
Area (hectares)	2788.87 hectares
Population	2,027
Male Population	999
Female Population	1,028
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,029
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maldare compares

By the 2011 count Maldare is the 30th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents. Its 2788.87 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 Maldare

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

Maldare lies about 24 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 51 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 Maldare
Tehsil headquarters	Virajpet	20 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	24 km
Nearest town	Madikeri	25 km
Nearest railway station	Krishnaraja Nagar	51 km

Villages closest to Maldare

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 Maldare

As per the Census of India 2011, Maldare village had a population of 2,027. That makes it the 30th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents.

Maldare village has 999 males and 1,028 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maldare has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Maldare is 571253. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maldare covers 2788.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maldare falls under Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Maldare is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 51 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 Maldare.

Maldare 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.

Maldare is in Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Virajpet is about 20 km away. Kodagu is about 24 km away. Madikeri is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.