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About Medini Village

Medini is a small village in Kumta tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 268, made up of 150 males and 118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 787 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2678.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581323, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Medini Overview

Census 2011 figures for Medini village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Kumta
Pincode 581323
Area (hectares) 2678.28 hectares
Population 268
Male Population 150
Female Population 118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 787
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Medini compares

By the 2011 count Medini is the 77th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 2678.28 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 979.

Getting to Medini

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

Medini lies about 31 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Honnavar, about 22 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 Medini
Nearest railway station Honnavar 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Kumta 23 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 31 km

Villages closest to Medini

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Medini village had a population of 268. That makes it the 77th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Medini village has 150 males and 118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Medini has about 787 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Medini is 581323. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Medini covers 2678.28 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.

Medini falls under Kumta tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Medini is Honnavar, about 22 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 Medini.

Medini is about 31 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Medini is in Kumta tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Honnavar is about 22 km away. Kumta is about 23 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mudnalli (3.5 km), Basolli (4.3 km) and Ullurmath (4.4 km).

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

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