About Devarakotta Village

Devarakotta is a mid sized village in Hiriyur tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 929, made up of 486 males and 443 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 581.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577546, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Devarakotta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Devarakotta village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Hiriyur
Pincode	577546
Area (hectares)	581.9 hectares
Population	929
Male Population	486
Female Population	443
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Devarakotta compares

By the 2011 count Devarakotta is the 87th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,525 residents. Its 581.9 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Devarakotta

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

Devarakotta lies about 41 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Somaguddu, about 30 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 Devarakotta
Tehsil headquarters	Hiriyur	15 km
Nearest town	Hiriyūr	15 km
Nearest railway station	Somaguddu	30 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	41 km

Villages closest to Devarakotta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Devarakotta village had a population of 929. That makes it the 87th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,525 residents.

Devarakotta village has 486 males and 443 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Devarakotta has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Devarakotta is 577546. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Devarakotta covers 581.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Devarakotta falls under Hiriyur tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Devarakotta is Somaguddu, about 30 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 Devarakotta.

Devarakotta is about 41 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Devarakotta is in Hiriyur tehsil of Chitradurga district. Hiriyur is about 15 km away. Hiriyūr is about 15 km away. Somaguddu is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.