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About Kottiginahal Village

Kottiginahal is a small village in Hospet tehsil, in the district of Bellary, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 474, made up of 225 males and 249 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,107 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1047.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kottiginahal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kottiginahal village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bellary
Tehsil Hospet
Pincode 583117
Area (hectares) 1047.99 hectares
Population 474
Male Population 225
Female Population 249
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,107
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kottiginahal compares

By the 2011 count Kottiginahal is the 58th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,845 residents. Its 1047.99 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Kottiginahal

Kottiginahal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kottiginahal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Kottiginahal from other places

Kottiginahal lies about 38 km from Bellary, and the nearest railway station is Gadiganuru, 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 Kottiginahal
Nearest railway station Gadiganuru 1.8 km
Nearest town Kurikuppi 7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Hospet 22 km
District headquarters Bellary 38 km

Villages closest to Kottiginahal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kottiginahal village had a population of 474. That makes it the 58th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,845 residents.

Kottiginahal village has 225 males and 249 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kottiginahal has about 1107 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Kottiginahal is 583117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kottiginahal covers 1047.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kottiginahal falls under Hospet tehsil of Bellary district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kottiginahal is Gadiganuru, 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kottiginahal.

Kottiginahal is about 38 km from Bellary in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kottiginahal is in Hospet tehsil of Bellary district. Gadiganuru is about 1.8 km away. Kurikuppi is about 7.1 km away. Hospet is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gadiganur (1.5 km), Dharmasagara (2.6 km) and Gonahal (3.1 km).

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

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