About Gandagatta Village

Gandagatta is a mid sized village in Sringeri tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 880, made up of 429 males and 451 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 708.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gandagatta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gandagatta village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Sringeri
Pincode	577139
Area (hectares)	708.85 hectares
Population	880
Male Population	429
Female Population	451
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,051
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gandagatta compares

By the 2011 count Gandagatta is the 9th largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 680 residents. Its 708.85 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1031.

Getting to Gandagatta

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

Gandagatta lies about 62 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Udupi, about 49 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 Gandagatta
Tehsil headquarters	Sringeri	4.1 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	18 km
Nearest railway station	Udupi	49 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	62 km

Villages closest to Gandagatta

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 Gandagatta

As per the Census of India 2011, Gandagatta village had a population of 880. That makes it the 9th largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 680 residents.

Gandagatta village has 429 males and 451 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gandagatta has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1031.

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

Gandagatta covers 708.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gandagatta falls under Sringeri tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gandagatta is Udupi, about 49 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 Gandagatta.

Gandagatta is about 62 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gandagatta is in Sringeri tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Sringeri is about 4.1 km away. Someshwar is about 18 km away. Udupi is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.