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About Maradiyur Village

Maradiyur is a mid sized village in Piriyapatna tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 780, made up of 383 males and 397 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 310.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maradiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maradiyur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Mysore
Tehsil Piriyapatna
Pincode 571104
Area (hectares) 310.73 hectares
Population 780
Male Population 383
Female Population 397
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,037
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Maradiyur compares

By the 2011 count Maradiyur is the 117th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,166 residents. Its 310.73 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Maradiyur

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

Maradiyur lies about 72 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Hosa Agrahara, about 42 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 Maradiyur
Tehsil headquarters Piriyapatna 17 km
Nearest town Madikeri 28 km
Nearest railway station Hosa Agrahara 42 km
District headquarters Mysore 72 km

Villages closest to Maradiyur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maradiyur village had a population of 780. That makes it the 117th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,166 residents.

Maradiyur village has 383 males and 397 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maradiyur has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Maradiyur is 571104. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maradiyur covers 310.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maradiyur falls under Piriyapatna tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Maradiyur is Hosa Agrahara, about 42 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 Maradiyur.

Maradiyur is about 72 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maradiyur is in Piriyapatna tehsil of Mysore district. Piriyapatna is about 17 km away. Madikeri is about 28 km away. Hosa Agrahara is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Doddahonnurkaval (under 2 km), Doddahonnur (under 2 km) and Sunkadahalli (1.6 km).

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

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