About Shishila Village

Shishila is a large village in Beltangadi tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,090, made up of 1,039 males and 1,051 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4942.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574198, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shishila Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shishila village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Beltangadi
Pincode	574198
Area (hectares)	4942.19 hectares
Population	2,090
Male Population	1,039
Female Population	1,051
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,012
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shishila compares

By the 2011 count Shishila is the 58th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,187 residents. Its 4942.19 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Shishila

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

Shishila lies about 29 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Shrivagilu, about 15 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 Shishila
Nearest railway station	Shrivagilu	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Beltangadi	26 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	29 km
Nearest town	Sakleshpur	31 km

Villages closest to Shishila

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shishila village had a population of 2,090. That makes it the 58th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,187 residents.

Shishila village has 1,039 males and 1,051 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shishila has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Shishila is 574198. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shishila covers 4942.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shishila falls under Beltangadi tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Shishila is Shrivagilu, about 15 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 Shishila.

Shishila is about 29 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shishila is in Beltangadi tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Shrivagilu is about 15 km away. Beltangadi is about 26 km away. Dakshina Kannada is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.