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About Doddagatta Village

Doddagatta is a mid sized village in Kadur tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 573, made up of 284 males and 289 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 399.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Doddagatta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doddagatta village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chikmagalur
Tehsil Kadur
Pincode 577116
Area (hectares) 399.88 hectares
Population 573
Male Population 284
Female Population 289
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,018
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Doddagatta compares

By the 2011 count Doddagatta is the 138th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 890 residents. Its 399.88 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Doddagatta

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

Doddagatta lies about 31 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Banavar, about 18 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 Doddagatta
Nearest railway station Banavar 18 km
Nearest town Arsikere 23 km
District headquarters Chikmagalur 31 km
Tehsil headquarters Kadur 32 km

Villages closest to Doddagatta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Doddagatta village had a population of 573. That makes it the 138th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 890 residents.

Doddagatta village has 284 males and 289 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doddagatta has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Doddagatta is 577116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Doddagatta covers 399.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Doddagatta falls under Kadur tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Doddagatta is Banavar, about 18 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 <5 km distance for Doddagatta.

Doddagatta is about 31 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doddagatta is in Kadur tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Banavar is about 18 km away. Arsikere is about 23 km away. Chikmagalur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mallidevihalli (8.1 km), Kallahalli (12 km) and Siriyappanahalli (14 km).

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

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