About Chikkuda Village

Chikkuda is a mid sized village in Channagiri tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,250, made up of 657 males and 593 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 535.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chikkuda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikkuda village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Davanagere
Tehsil	Channagiri
Pincode	577218
Area (hectares)	535.76 hectares
Population	1,250
Male Population	657
Female Population	593
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	903
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chikkuda compares

By the 2011 count Chikkuda is the 77th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents. Its 535.76 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Chikkuda

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

Chikkuda lies about 37 km from Davanagere, and the nearest railway station is Sasalu, about 19 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 Chikkuda
Tehsil headquarters	Channagiri	12 km
Nearest railway station	Sasalu	19 km
District headquarters	Davanagere	37 km

Villages closest to Chikkuda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikkuda village had a population of 1,250. That makes it the 77th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents.

Chikkuda village has 657 males and 593 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikkuda has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Chikkuda is 577218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chikkuda covers 535.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chikkuda falls under Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Chikkuda is Sasalu, about 19 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 Chikkuda.

Chikkuda is about 37 km from Davanagere in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikkuda is in Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district. Channagiri is about 12 km away. Sasalu is about 19 km away. Davanagere is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.