About Degaon Village

Degaon is a large village in Sampgaon tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,448, made up of 1,726 males and 1,722 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 998 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2715.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Degaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Degaon village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Belgaum
Tehsil	Sampgaon
Pincode	591115
Area (hectares)	2715.89 hectares
Population	3,448
Male Population	1,726
Female Population	1,722
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	998
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Degaon compares

By the 2011 count Degaon is the 29th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,515 residents. Its 2715.89 hectares work out to about 1.3 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, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Degaon

Degaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Degaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Degaon from other places

Degaon lies about 41 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Kambarganvi, about 14 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 Degaon
Nearest railway station	Kambarganvi	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sampgaon	25 km
Nearest town	Haliyal	27 km
District headquarters	Belgaum	41 km

Villages closest to Degaon

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

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Common questions about Degaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Degaon village had a population of 3,448. That makes it the 29th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,515 residents.

Degaon village has 1,726 males and 1,722 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Degaon has about 998 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Degaon is 591115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Degaon covers 2715.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Degaon falls under Sampgaon tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Degaon is Kambarganvi, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Degaon.

Degaon is about 41 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Degaon is in Sampgaon tehsil of Belgaum district. Kambarganvi is about 14 km away. Sampgaon is about 25 km away. Haliyal is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.