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About Marugadde Village

Marugadde is a small village in Ankola tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 178, made up of 96 males and 82 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1671.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581314, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Marugadde Overview

Census 2011 figures for Marugadde village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Ankola
Pincode 581314
Area (hectares) 1671.32 hectares
Population 178
Male Population 96
Female Population 82
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 854
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Marugadde compares

By the 2011 count Marugadde is the 66th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 979 residents. Its 1671.32 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Marugadde

Marugadde is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Marugadde as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Marugadde from other places

Marugadde lies about 15 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Ankola, 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 Marugadde
Nearest railway station Ankola 13 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 15 km

Villages closest to Marugadde

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Marugadde village had a population of 178. That makes it the 66th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 979 residents.

Marugadde village has 96 males and 82 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Marugadde has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Marugadde is 581314. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Marugadde covers 1671.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Marugadde falls under Ankola tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Marugadde is Ankola, 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Marugadde.

Marugadde is about 15 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Marugadde is in Ankola tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Ankola is about 13 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sheveguli (4.5 km), Adlur (6.0 km) and Mallani (6.1 km).

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

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