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About Olamogru Village

Olamogru is one of the larger villages in Puttur tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,845, made up of 2,859 males and 2,986 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,044 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1549.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Olamogru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Olamogru village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil Puttur
Pincode 574210
Area (hectares) 1549.58 hectares
Population 5,845
Male Population 2,859
Female Population 2,986
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,044
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Olamogru compares

By the 2011 count Olamogru is the 9th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 3,439 residents. Its 1549.58 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Olamogru

Olamogru is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Olamogru 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Olamogru from other places

Olamogru lies about 7.3 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Narimogaru, about 14 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 Olamogru
District headquarters Dakshina Kannada 7.3 km
Nearest railway station Narimogaru 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Puttur 16 km
Nearest town Puttūr 16 km

Villages closest to Olamogru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Olamogru village had a population of 5,845. That makes it the 9th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,439 residents.

Olamogru village has 2,859 males and 2,986 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Olamogru has about 1044 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Olamogru is 574210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Olamogru covers 1549.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Olamogru falls under Puttur tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Olamogru is Narimogaru, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Olamogru.

Olamogru is about 7.3 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Olamogru is in Puttur tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Dakshina Kannada is about 7.3 km away. Narimogaru is about 14 km away. Puttur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bajathuru (3.9 km), Uppinangady (6.7 km) and G0lithattu (7.5 km).

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

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