About Devikere Village

Devikere is a mid sized village in Jagalur tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,306, made up of 627 males and 679 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 591.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577553, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Devikere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Devikere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Davanagere
Tehsil	Jagalur
Pincode	577553
Area (hectares)	591.58 hectares
Population	1,306
Male Population	627
Female Population	679
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,083
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Devikere compares

By the 2011 count Devikere is the 39th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents. Its 591.58 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Devikere

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

Devikere lies about 33 km from Davanagere, and the nearest railway station is Kodaganuru, about 28 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 Devikere
Tehsil headquarters	Jagalur	12 km
Nearest railway station	Kodaganuru	28 km
District headquarters	Davanagere	33 km
Nearest town	Davangere	33 km

Villages closest to Devikere

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Devikere village had a population of 1,306. That makes it the 39th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents.

Devikere village has 627 males and 679 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Devikere has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Devikere is 577553. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Devikere covers 591.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Devikere falls under Jagalur tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Devikere is Kodaganuru, about 28 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 Devikere.

Devikere is about 33 km from Davanagere in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Devikere is in Jagalur tehsil of Davanagere district. Jagalur is about 12 km away. Kodaganuru is about 28 km away. Davanagere is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.