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About Doddabokikere Village

Doddabokikere is a mid sized village in Tarikere tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 597, made up of 307 males and 290 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 356 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577547, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Doddabokikere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doddabokikere village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chikmagalur
Tehsil Tarikere
Pincode 577547
Area (hectares) 356 hectares
Population 597
Male Population 307
Female Population 290
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 945
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Doddabokikere compares

By the 2011 count Doddabokikere is the 106th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 880 residents. Its 356 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Doddabokikere

Doddabokikere is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Doddabokikere 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Doddabokikere from other places

Doddabokikere lies about 45 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Sivapur, about 2.9 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 Doddabokikere
Nearest railway station Sivapur 2.9 km
Nearest town Birūr 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Tarikere 13 km
District headquarters Chikmagalur 45 km

Villages closest to Doddabokikere

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Doddabokikere village had a population of 597. That makes it the 106th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 880 residents.

Doddabokikere village has 307 males and 290 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doddabokikere has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Doddabokikere is 577547. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Doddabokikere covers 356 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Doddabokikere falls under Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Doddabokikere is Sivapur, about 2.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Doddabokikere.

Doddabokikere is about 45 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doddabokikere is in Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Sivapur is about 2.9 km away. Birūr is about 12 km away. Tarikere is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bokikere (under 2 km), Makanahalli (2.1 km) and Sidakanahalli (2.1 km).

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

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