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About Madasuru Village

Madasuru is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 822, made up of 386 males and 436 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,130 females per 1000 males. The village covers 745.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577434, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madasuru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madasuru village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Sagar
Pincode 577434
Area (hectares) 745.13 hectares
Population 822
Male Population 386
Female Population 436
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,130
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Madasuru compares

By the 2011 count Madasuru is the 52nd largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 745.13 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 1029.

Getting to Madasuru

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

Madasuru lies about 63 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Sagar Jambagaru, about 6.9 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 Madasuru
Nearest railway station Sagar Jambagaru 6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Sagar 7.0 km
Nearest town Sāgar 7.0 km
District headquarters Shimoga 63 km

Villages closest to Madasuru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madasuru village had a population of 822. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Madasuru village has 386 males and 436 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madasuru has about 1130 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1029.

The pincode recorded for Madasuru is 577434. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madasuru covers 745.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Madasuru falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Madasuru is Sagar Jambagaru, about 6.9 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 Madasuru.

Madasuru is about 63 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madasuru is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Sagar Jambagaru is about 6.9 km away. Sagar is about 7.0 km away. Sāgar is about 7.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mundigesara (1.6 km), Marasa (2.0 km) and Kerodi (2.3 km).

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

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