About Darekoppa Village

Darekoppa is a mid sized village in Sringeri tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 659, made up of 297 males and 362 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,219 females per 1000 males. The village covers 490.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darekoppa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darekoppa village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Sringeri
Pincode	577139
Area (hectares)	490.22 hectares
Population	659
Male Population	297
Female Population	362
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,219
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Darekoppa compares

By the 2011 count Darekoppa is the 25th largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 680 residents. Its 490.22 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1031.

Getting to Darekoppa

Darekoppa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Darekoppa as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Darekoppa from other places

Darekoppa lies about 61 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Barkur, about 50 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 Darekoppa
Tehsil headquarters	Sringeri	5.1 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	18 km
Nearest railway station	Barkur	50 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	61 km

Villages closest to Darekoppa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Darekoppa village had a population of 659. That makes it the 25th largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 680 residents.

Darekoppa village has 297 males and 362 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darekoppa has about 1219 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Darekoppa is 577139. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darekoppa covers 490.22 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.

Darekoppa falls under Sringeri tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Darekoppa is Barkur, about 50 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Darekoppa.

Darekoppa is about 61 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darekoppa is in Sringeri tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Sringeri is about 5.1 km away. Someshwar is about 18 km away. Barkur is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.