About Kavadi Village

Kavadi is a mid sized village in Sringeri tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 748, made up of 368 males and 380 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 482.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kavadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kavadi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Sringeri
Pincode	577139
Area (hectares)	482.24 hectares
Population	748
Male Population	368
Female Population	380
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,033
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kavadi compares

By the 2011 count Kavadi is the 18th largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 680 residents. Its 482.24 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Kavadi

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

Kavadi lies about 56 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Barkur, about 55 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 Kavadi
Tehsil headquarters	Sringeri	4.4 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	22 km
Nearest railway station	Barkur	55 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	56 km

Villages closest to Kavadi

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 Kavadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Kavadi village had a population of 748. That makes it the 18th largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 680 residents.

Kavadi village has 368 males and 380 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kavadi has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1031.

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

Kavadi covers 482.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kavadi falls under Sringeri tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kavadi is Barkur, about 55 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 Kavadi.

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

Kavadi is in Sringeri tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Sringeri is about 4.4 km away. Someshwar is about 22 km away. Barkur is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.