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About Doddaghatta Village

Doddaghatta is a mid sized village in Hiriyur tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,128, made up of 552 males and 576 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1197.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577598, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Doddaghatta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doddaghatta village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chitradurga
Tehsil Hiriyur
Pincode 577598
Area (hectares) 1197.97 hectares
Population 1,128
Male Population 552
Female Population 576
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,043
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Doddaghatta compares

By the 2011 count Doddaghatta is the 75th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,525 residents. Its 1197.97 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Doddaghatta

Doddaghatta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Doddaghatta as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Doddaghatta from other places

Doddaghatta lies about 38 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Doddasiddavanhalli, about 33 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 Doddaghatta
Tehsil headquarters Hiriyur 6.1 km
Nearest town Hiriyūr 6.1 km
Nearest railway station Doddasiddavanhalli 33 km
District headquarters Chitradurga 38 km

Villages closest to Doddaghatta

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.

Common questions about Doddaghatta

As per the Census of India 2011, Doddaghatta village had a population of 1,128. That makes it the 75th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,525 residents.

Doddaghatta village has 552 males and 576 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doddaghatta has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Doddaghatta is 577598. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Doddaghatta covers 1197.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Doddaghatta falls under Hiriyur tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Doddaghatta is Doddasiddavanhalli, about 33 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Doddaghatta.

Doddaghatta is about 38 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doddaghatta is in Hiriyur tehsil of Chitradurga district. Hiriyur is about 6.1 km away. Hiriyūr is about 6.1 km away. Doddasiddavanhalli is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kunikere (2.0 km), Katrikenahalli (3.5 km) and Hulugalakunte (4.0 km).

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

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