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About Thodikana Village

Thodikana is a large village in Sulya tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,174, made up of 1,066 males and 1,108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2140.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574314, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thodikana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thodikana village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil Sulya
Pincode 574314
Area (hectares) 2140.81 hectares
Population 2,174
Male Population 1,066
Female Population 1,108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,039
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Thodikana compares

By the 2011 count Thodikana is the 27th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,132 residents. Its 2140.81 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Thodikana

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

Thodikana lies about 46 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Yedamangala, about 26 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 Thodikana
Tehsil headquarters Sulya 12 km
Nearest railway station Yedamangala 26 km
Nearest town Madikeri 30 km
District headquarters Dakshina Kannada 46 km

Villages closest to Thodikana

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.

Common questions about Thodikana

As per the Census of India 2011, Thodikana village had a population of 2,174. That makes it the 27th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,132 residents.

Thodikana village has 1,066 males and 1,108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thodikana has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

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

Thodikana covers 2140.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Thodikana is Yedamangala, about 26 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 Thodikana.

Thodikana is about 46 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thodikana is in Sulya tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Sulya is about 12 km away. Yedamangala is about 26 km away. Madikeri is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Aranthodu (5.6 km), Sampaje (8.3 km) and Markanja (9.2 km).

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

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