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About Yekkigundi Village

Yekkigundi is a mid sized village in Kudligi tehsil, in the district of Bellary, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,938, made up of 964 males and 974 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1147.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yekkigundi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yekkigundi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bellary
Tehsil Kudligi
Pincode 583218
Area (hectares) 1147.97 hectares
Population 1,938
Male Population 964
Female Population 974
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,010
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Yekkigundi compares

By the 2011 count Yekkigundi is the 59th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,876 residents. Its 1147.97 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 963.

Getting to Yekkigundi

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

Yekkigundi lies about 56 km from Bellary, and the nearest railway station is Netranahalli, about 17 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 Yekkigundi
Nearest railway station Netranahalli 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Kudligi 27 km
Nearest town Kūdligi 27 km
District headquarters Bellary 56 km

Villages closest to Yekkigundi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Yekkigundi village had a population of 1,938. That makes it the 59th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,876 residents.

Yekkigundi village has 964 males and 974 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yekkigundi has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Yekkigundi is 583218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yekkigundi covers 1147.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Yekkigundi falls under Kudligi tehsil of Bellary district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Yekkigundi is Netranahalli, about 17 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 village for Yekkigundi.

Yekkigundi is about 56 km from Bellary in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yekkigundi is in Kudligi tehsil of Bellary district. Netranahalli is about 17 km away. Kudligi is about 27 km away. Kūdligi is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gandabommanahalli (under 2 km), Yerralinganahalli (3.3 km) and Chitrathagundu (4.6 km).

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

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