About Makodu Village

Makodu is a large village in Piriyapatna tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,760, made up of 2,404 males and 2,356 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 933.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makodu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makodu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Mysore
Tehsil	Piriyapatna
Pincode	571108
Area (hectares)	933.36 hectares
Population	4,760
Male Population	2,404
Female Population	2,356
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	980
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Makodu compares

By the 2011 count Makodu is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,166 residents. Its 933.36 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Makodu

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

Makodu lies about 47 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 19 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 Makodu
Nearest town	Hunsūr	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Piriyapatna	15 km
Nearest railway station	Krishnaraja Nagar	19 km
District headquarters	Mysore	47 km

Villages closest to Makodu

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.

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Common questions about Makodu

As per the Census of India 2011, Makodu village had a population of 4,760. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,166 residents.

Makodu village has 2,404 males and 2,356 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makodu has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Makodu is 571108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makodu covers 933.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makodu falls under Piriyapatna tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Makodu is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 19 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 Makodu.

Makodu is about 47 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makodu is in Piriyapatna tehsil of Mysore district. Hunsūr is about 13 km away. Piriyapatna is about 15 km away. Krishnaraja Nagar is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.