About Sokke Village

Sokke is a mid sized village in Tarikere tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,156, made up of 576 males and 580 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 426.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577547, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sokke Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sokke village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Tarikere
Pincode	577547
Area (hectares)	426.92 hectares
Population	1,156
Male Population	576
Female Population	580
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,007
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sokke compares

By the 2011 count Sokke is the 41st largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 880 residents. Its 426.92 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 Sokke

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

How far is Sokke from other places

Sokke lies about 48 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Ajjampura, about 5.4 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 Sokke
Nearest railway station	Ajjampura	5.4 km
Nearest town	Birūr	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tarikere	16 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	48 km

Villages closest to Sokke

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 Sokke

As per the Census of India 2011, Sokke village had a population of 1,156. That makes it the 41st largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 880 residents.

Sokke village has 576 males and 580 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sokke has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

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

Sokke covers 426.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sokke falls under Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Sokke is Ajjampura, about 5.4 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Sokke.

Sokke is about 48 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sokke is in Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Ajjampura is about 5.4 km away. Birūr is about 13 km away. Tarikere is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.