About Aranthodu Village

Aranthodu is a large village in Sulya tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,746, made up of 1,859 males and 1,887 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3952.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574314, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Aranthodu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Aranthodu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Sulya
Pincode	574314
Area (hectares)	3952.54 hectares
Population	3,746
Male Population	1,859
Female Population	1,887
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Aranthodu compares

By the 2011 count Aranthodu is the 12th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,132 residents. Its 3952.54 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Aranthodu

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

Aranthodu lies about 42 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Yedamangala, about 21 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 Aranthodu
Tehsil headquarters	Sulya	9.8 km
Nearest railway station	Yedamangala	21 km
Nearest town	Madikeri	31 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	42 km

Villages closest to Aranthodu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Aranthodu village had a population of 3,746. That makes it the 12th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,132 residents.

Aranthodu village has 1,859 males and 1,887 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Aranthodu has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Aranthodu is 574314. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Aranthodu covers 3952.54 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.

Aranthodu falls under Sulya tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Aranthodu is Yedamangala, about 21 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 Aranthodu.

Aranthodu is about 42 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Aranthodu is in Sulya tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Sulya is about 9.8 km away. Yedamangala is about 21 km away. Madikeri is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.