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About Doddakundur Village

Doddakundur is a mid sized village in Tarikere tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 749, made up of 373 males and 376 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 538.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Doddakundur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doddakundur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chikmagalur
Tehsil Tarikere
Pincode 577144
Area (hectares) 538.15 hectares
Population 749
Male Population 373
Female Population 376
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,008
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Doddakundur compares

By the 2011 count Doddakundur is the 84th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 880 residents. Its 538.15 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 989.

Getting to Doddakundur

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

Doddakundur lies about 40 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Bellenahalli, about 13 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 Doddakundur
Nearest railway station Bellenahalli 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Tarikere 15 km
District headquarters Chikmagalur 40 km

Villages closest to Doddakundur

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 Doddakundur

As per the Census of India 2011, Doddakundur village had a population of 749. That makes it the 84th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 880 residents.

Doddakundur village has 373 males and 376 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doddakundur has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Doddakundur is 577144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Doddakundur covers 538.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Doddakundur falls under Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Doddakundur is Bellenahalli, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance for Doddakundur.

Doddakundur is about 40 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doddakundur is in Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Bellenahalli is about 13 km away. Tarikere is about 15 km away. Chikmagalur is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Cheernanahalli Kaval (under 2 km), Kundurkaval (under 2 km) and Paravatharayanakere Kaval (under 2 km).

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

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