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About Magod Village

Magod is a mid sized village in Honavar tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,918, made up of 982 males and 936 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 953 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2994.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581423, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Magod Overview

Census 2011 figures for Magod village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Honavar
Pincode 581423
Area (hectares) 2994.25 hectares
Population 1,918
Male Population 982
Female Population 936
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 953
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Magod compares

By the 2011 count Magod is the 24th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents. Its 2994.25 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Magod

Magod is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Magod as Available within 5 - 10 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 Magod from other places

Magod lies about 50 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Manki, about 12 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 Magod
Nearest railway station Manki 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Honavar 18 km
Nearest town Bhatkal 26 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 50 km

Villages closest to Magod

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Magod village had a population of 1,918. That makes it the 24th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents.

Magod village has 982 males and 936 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Magod has about 953 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Magod is 581423. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Magod covers 2994.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Magod falls under Honavar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Magod is Manki, about 12 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Magod.

Magod is about 50 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Magod is in Honavar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Manki is about 12 km away. Honavar is about 18 km away. Bhatkal is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Upponi (2.5 km), Birangod (2.6 km) and Herangadi (3.1 km).

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

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