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About Yadalagatta Village

Yadalagatta is a mid sized village in Challakere tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,749, made up of 912 males and 837 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1756.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yadalagatta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yadalagatta village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chitradurga
Tehsil Challakere
Pincode 577522
Area (hectares) 1756.65 hectares
Population 1,749
Male Population 912
Female Population 837
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 918
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Yadalagatta compares

By the 2011 count Yadalagatta is the 69th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents. Its 1756.65 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Yadalagatta

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

Yadalagatta lies about 45 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Talaku, 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 Yadalagatta
Nearest railway station Talaku 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Challakere 16 km
District headquarters Chitradurga 45 km

Villages closest to Yadalagatta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Yadalagatta village had a population of 1,749. That makes it the 69th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents.

Yadalagatta village has 912 males and 837 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yadalagatta has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Yadalagatta is 577522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yadalagatta covers 1756.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Yadalagatta falls under Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Yadalagatta is Talaku, 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 10+ km distance for Yadalagatta.

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

Yadalagatta is in Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district. Talaku is about 13 km away. Challakere is about 16 km away. Chitradurga is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kaluvehalli (2.4 km), Kyatagondanahalli (2.7 km) and Doddaullarthi (4.6 km).

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

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