About Magodu Village

Magodu is a small village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 210, made up of 104 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 605.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577425, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Magodu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Magodu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Hosanagara
Pincode	577425
Area (hectares)	605.48 hectares
Population	210
Male Population	104
Female Population	106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Magodu compares

By the 2011 count Magodu is the 148th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 605.48 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 1025.

Getting to Magodu

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

Magodu lies about 62 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Sagar Jambagaru, about 29 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 Magodu
Tehsil headquarters	Hosanagara	7.4 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	28 km
Nearest railway station	Sagar Jambagaru	29 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	62 km

Villages closest to Magodu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Magodu village had a population of 210. That makes it the 148th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Magodu village has 104 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Magodu has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Magodu is 577425. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Magodu covers 605.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Magodu falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Magodu is Sagar Jambagaru, about 29 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 Magodu.

Magodu is about 62 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Magodu is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Hosanagara is about 7.4 km away. Sāgar is about 28 km away. Sagar Jambagaru is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.