About Yalagatta Village

Yalagatta is a large village in Challakere tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,263, made up of 1,145 males and 1,118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1043.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577538, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yalagatta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yalagatta village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Challakere
Pincode	577538
Area (hectares)	1043.72 hectares
Population	2,263
Male Population	1,145
Female Population	1,118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	976
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Yalagatta compares

By the 2011 count Yalagatta is the 34th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents. Its 1043.72 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Yalagatta

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

Yalagatta lies about 39 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Challakere, about 18 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 Yalagatta
Nearest railway station	Challakere	18 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	39 km

Villages closest to Yalagatta

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.

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Common questions about Yalagatta

As per the Census of India 2011, Yalagatta village had a population of 2,263. That makes it the 34th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents.

Yalagatta village has 1,145 males and 1,118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yalagatta has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Yalagatta is 577538. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yalagatta covers 1043.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Yalagatta falls under Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Yalagatta is Challakere, about 18 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 Yalagatta.

Yalagatta is about 39 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yalagatta is in Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district. Challakere is about 18 km away. Chitradurga is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.