About Shankarapura Village

Shankarapura is a small village in Koppa tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 72, made up of 36 males and 36 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shankarapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankarapura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Koppa
Pincode	577120
Area (hectares)	117.73 hectares
Population	72
Male Population	36
Female Population	36
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shankarapura compares

By the 2011 count Shankarapura is the 71st largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,000 residents. Its 117.73 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Shankarapura

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

Shankarapura lies about 55 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Shivamogga - SME, about 27 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 Shankarapura
Tehsil headquarters	Koppa	23 km
Nearest town	Shivamogga	26 km
Nearest railway station	Shivamogga - SME	27 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	55 km

Villages closest to Shankarapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shankarapura village had a population of 72. That makes it the 71st largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,000 residents.

Shankarapura village has 36 males and 36 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shankarapura has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Shankarapura is 577120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shankarapura covers 117.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shankarapura falls under Koppa tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Shankarapura is Shivamogga - SME, about 27 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 Shankarapura.

Shankarapura is about 55 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shankarapura is in Koppa tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Koppa is about 23 km away. Shivamogga is about 26 km away. Shivamogga - SME is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.