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About Karguppi Village

Karguppi is a large village in Hukeri tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,384, made up of 1,647 males and 1,737 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,055 females per 1000 males. The village covers 601.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karguppi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karguppi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Belgaum
Tehsil Hukeri
Pincode 591120
Area (hectares) 601.52 hectares
Population 3,384
Male Population 1,647
Female Population 1,737
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,055
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karguppi compares

By the 2011 count Karguppi is the 33rd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,792 residents. Its 601.52 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Karguppi

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

Karguppi lies about 30 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Pachhapur, about under 2 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 Karguppi
Nearest railway station Pachhapur under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Hukeri 18 km
District headquarters Belgaum 30 km

Villages closest to Karguppi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karguppi village had a population of 3,384. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,792 residents.

Karguppi village has 1,647 males and 1,737 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karguppi has about 1055 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Karguppi is 591120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karguppi covers 601.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karguppi falls under Hukeri tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Karguppi is Pachhapur, about under 2 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 Karguppi.

Karguppi is about 30 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karguppi is in Hukeri tehsil of Belgaum district. Pachhapur is about under 2 km away. Hukeri is about 18 km away. Belgaum 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 Bannibagi (1.7 km), Rustumpur (2.5 km) and Basapur (2.6 km).

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

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