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About Gonagilakatte Village

Gonagilakatte is a mid sized village in Tarikere tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,228, made up of 609 males and 619 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 255.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gonagilakatte Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gonagilakatte village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chikmagalur
Tehsil Tarikere
Pincode 577129
Area (hectares) 255.83 hectares
Population 1,228
Male Population 609
Female Population 619
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,016
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gonagilakatte compares

By the 2011 count Gonagilakatte is the 40th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 880 residents. Its 255.83 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Gonagilakatte

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

Gonagilakatte lies about 28 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Tarikere Junction, about 16 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 Gonagilakatte
Tehsil headquarters Tarikere 15 km
Nearest railway station Tarikere Junction 16 km
District headquarters Chikmagalur 28 km

Villages closest to Gonagilakatte

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 Gonagilakatte

As per the Census of India 2011, Gonagilakatte village had a population of 1,228. That makes it the 40th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 880 residents.

Gonagilakatte village has 609 males and 619 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gonagilakatte has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Gonagilakatte is 577129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gonagilakatte covers 255.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gonagilakatte falls under Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gonagilakatte is Tarikere Junction, about 16 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 Gonagilakatte.

Gonagilakatte is about 28 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gonagilakatte is in Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Tarikere is about 15 km away. Tarikere Junction is about 16 km away. Chikmagalur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ballavara (1.8 km), Kallathipura (2.5 km) and Udeva (2.7 km).

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

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