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About Guntamadu Village

Guntamadu is a mid sized village in Yelbarga tehsil, in the district of Koppal, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 605, made up of 296 males and 309 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,044 females per 1000 males. The village covers 441.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583278, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guntamadu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guntamadu village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Koppal
Tehsil Yelbarga
Pincode 583278
Area (hectares) 441.88 hectares
Population 605
Male Population 296
Female Population 309
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,044
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Guntamadu compares

By the 2011 count Guntamadu is the 118th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,832 residents. Its 441.88 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 979.

Getting to Guntamadu

Guntamadu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Guntamadu as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Guntamadu from other places

Guntamadu lies about 44 km from Koppal, and the nearest railway station is Linganabandi, about 13 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 Guntamadu
Nearest town Kushtagi 10 km
Nearest railway station Linganabandi 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Yelbarga 31 km
District headquarters Koppal 44 km

Villages closest to Guntamadu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Guntamadu village had a population of 605. That makes it the 118th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,832 residents.

Guntamadu village has 296 males and 309 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guntamadu has about 1044 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Guntamadu is 583278. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Guntamadu covers 441.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Guntamadu falls under Yelbarga tehsil of Koppal district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Guntamadu is Linganabandi, about 13 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 10+ km distance for Guntamadu.

Guntamadu is about 44 km from Koppal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guntamadu is in Yelbarga tehsil of Koppal district. Kushtagi is about 10 km away. Linganabandi is about 13 km away. Yelbarga is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sidlabhavi (3.5 km), Chikka Mannapur (3.7 km) and Gule (4.2 km).

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

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