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About Madankeri Village

Madankeri is a small village in Sirsi tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 468, made up of 249 males and 219 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 306.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581318, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madankeri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madankeri village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Sirsi
Pincode 581318
Area (hectares) 306.14 hectares
Population 468
Male Population 249
Female Population 219
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 880
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Madankeri compares

By the 2011 count Madankeri is the 102nd largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 548 residents. Its 306.14 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 988.

Getting to Madankeri

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

Madankeri lies about 48 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Talaguppa, about 16 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 Madankeri
Nearest railway station Talaguppa 16 km
Nearest town Sāgar 28 km
Tehsil headquarters Sirsi 30 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 48 km

Villages closest to Madankeri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madankeri village had a population of 468. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 548 residents.

Madankeri village has 249 males and 219 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madankeri has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Madankeri is 581318. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madankeri covers 306.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Madankeri falls under Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Madankeri is Talaguppa, about 16 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 Madankeri.

Madankeri is about 48 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madankeri is in Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Talaguppa is about 16 km away. Sāgar is about 28 km away. Sirsi is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mundagesar (4.8 km), Bilgalmane (12 km) and Mattihalli (14 km).

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

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