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About Yekkegondi Village

Yekkegondi is a mid sized village in Channagiri tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 754, made up of 370 males and 384 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 411.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yekkegondi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yekkegondi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Davanagere
Tehsil Channagiri
Pincode 577552
Area (hectares) 411.97 hectares
Population 754
Male Population 370
Female Population 384
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,038
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Yekkegondi compares

By the 2011 count Yekkegondi is the 126th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents. Its 411.97 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Yekkegondi

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

Yekkegondi lies about 72 km from Davanagere, and the nearest railway station is Shivani, about 9.5 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 Yekkegondi
Nearest railway station Shivani 9.5 km
Nearest town Tarikere 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Channagiri 24 km
District headquarters Davanagere 72 km

Villages closest to Yekkegondi

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.

Common questions about Yekkegondi

As per the Census of India 2011, Yekkegondi village had a population of 754. That makes it the 126th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents.

Yekkegondi village has 370 males and 384 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yekkegondi has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Yekkegondi is 577552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yekkegondi covers 411.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Yekkegondi falls under Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Yekkegondi is Shivani, about 9.5 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 Yekkegondi.

Yekkegondi is about 72 km from Davanagere in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yekkegondi is in Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district. Shivani is about 9.5 km away. Tarikere is about 21 km away. Channagiri is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Durvigere (3.1 km), Masanikere (4.3 km) and Thavarekere (4.4 km).

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

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