About Sovalanga Village

Sovalanga is a large village in Honnali tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,216, made up of 1,108 males and 1,108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 396.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sovalanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sovalanga village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Davanagere
Tehsil	Honnali
Pincode	577225
Area (hectares)	396.05 hectares
Population	2,216
Male Population	1,108
Female Population	1,108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sovalanga compares

By the 2011 count Sovalanga is the 25th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents. Its 396.05 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Sovalanga

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

Sovalanga lies about 59 km from Davanagere, and the nearest railway station is Konagavalli, about 9.2 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 Sovalanga
Nearest railway station	Konagavalli	9.2 km
Nearest town	Shivamogga	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Honnali	20 km
District headquarters	Davanagere	59 km

Villages closest to Sovalanga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sovalanga village had a population of 2,216. That makes it the 25th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents.

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

Working from the 2011 counts, Sovalanga has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Sovalanga is 577225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sovalanga covers 396.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sovalanga falls under Honnali tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Sovalanga is Konagavalli, about 9.2 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 Sovalanga.

Sovalanga is about 59 km from Davanagere in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sovalanga is in Honnali tehsil of Davanagere district. Konagavalli is about 9.2 km away. Shivamogga is about 20 km away. Honnali is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.