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About Karnikota Village

Karnikota is a small village in Y Ramavaram tehsil, in the district of East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 162, made up of 79 males and 83 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 533483, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karnikota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karnikota village
Description Value
State Andhra Pradesh
District East Godavari
Tehsil Y Ramavaram
Pincode 533483
Area (hectares) 48 hectares
Population 162
Male Population 79
Female Population 83
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,051
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karnikota compares

By the 2011 count Karnikota is the 60th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 229 residents. Its 48 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1112.

Getting to Karnikota

Karnikota is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Karnikota as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Karnikota from other places

Karnikota lies about 34 km from East Godavari, and the nearest railway station is Kotipalli, about 1.8 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 Karnikota
Nearest railway station Kotipalli 1.8 km
Nearest town Rāmachandrapuram 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Y Ramavaram 34 km
District headquarters East Godavari 34 km

Villages closest to Karnikota

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Y Ramavaram 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 Karnikota

As per the Census of India 2011, Karnikota village had a population of 162. That makes it the 60th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 229 residents.

Karnikota village has 79 males and 83 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karnikota has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1112.

The pincode recorded for Karnikota is 533483. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karnikota covers 48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karnikota falls under Y Ramavaram tehsil of East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karnikota is Kotipalli, about 1.8 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Karnikota.

Karnikota is about 34 km from East Godavari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karnikota is in Y Ramavaram tehsil of East Godavari district. Kotipalli is about 1.8 km away. Rāmachandrapuram is about 14 km away. Y Ramavaram is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Buradakota (under 2 km), Busikota (under 2 km) and Gondikota (under 2 km).

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

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