About Gijikatte Village

Gijikatte is a small village in Tarikere tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 350, made up of 177 males and 173 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 328.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577549, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gijikatte Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gijikatte village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Tarikere
Pincode	577549
Area (hectares)	328.13 hectares
Population	350
Male Population	177
Female Population	173
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	977
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gijikatte compares

By the 2011 count Gijikatte is the 141st largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 880 residents. Its 328.13 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Gijikatte

Gijikatte is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gijikatte 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gijikatte from other places

Gijikatte lies about 67 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Shivani, about 4.4 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 Gijikatte
Nearest railway station	Shivani	4.4 km
Nearest town	Channagiri	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tarikere	31 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	67 km

Villages closest to Gijikatte

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.

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Common questions about Gijikatte

As per the Census of India 2011, Gijikatte village had a population of 350. That makes it the 141st largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 880 residents.

Gijikatte village has 177 males and 173 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gijikatte has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Gijikatte is 577549. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gijikatte covers 328.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gijikatte falls under Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gijikatte is Shivani, about 4.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Gijikatte.

Gijikatte is about 67 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gijikatte is in Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Shivani is about 4.4 km away. Channagiri is about 24 km away. Tarikere is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.