About Shirthadi Village

Shirthadi is a large village in Mangalore tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,655, made up of 1,316 males and 1,339 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 868.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574236, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shirthadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shirthadi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Mangalore
Pincode	574236
Area (hectares)	868.14 hectares
Population	2,655
Male Population	1,316
Female Population	1,339
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,017
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shirthadi compares

By the 2011 count Shirthadi is the 32nd largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents. Its 868.14 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1060.

Getting to Shirthadi

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

Shirthadi lies about 32 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Bantawal, about 23 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 Shirthadi
Nearest town	Mūdbidri	9.4 km
Nearest railway station	Bantawal	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mangalore	30 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	32 km

Villages closest to Shirthadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shirthadi village had a population of 2,655. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents.

Shirthadi village has 1,316 males and 1,339 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shirthadi has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1060.

The pincode recorded for Shirthadi is 574236. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shirthadi covers 868.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shirthadi falls under Mangalore tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Shirthadi is Bantawal, about 23 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 Shirthadi.

Shirthadi is about 32 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shirthadi is in Mangalore tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Mūdbidri is about 9.4 km away. Bantawal is about 23 km away. Mangalore is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.