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About Yerlakatte Village

Yerlakatte is a mid sized village in Jagalur tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,308, made up of 644 males and 664 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1311.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577528, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yerlakatte Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yerlakatte village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Davanagere
Tehsil Jagalur
Pincode 577528
Area (hectares) 1311.02 hectares
Population 1,308
Male Population 644
Female Population 664
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,031
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Yerlakatte compares

By the 2011 count Yerlakatte is the 38th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents. Its 1311.02 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, well above the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Yerlakatte

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

Yerlakatte lies about 41 km from Davanagere, and the nearest railway station is Kotturu, about 18 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 Yerlakatte
Nearest town Kottūru 18 km
Nearest railway station Kotturu 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Jagalur 20 km
District headquarters Davanagere 41 km

Villages closest to Yerlakatte

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.

Common questions about Yerlakatte

As per the Census of India 2011, Yerlakatte village had a population of 1,308. That makes it the 38th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents.

Yerlakatte village has 644 males and 664 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yerlakatte has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Yerlakatte is 577528. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yerlakatte covers 1311.02 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.

Yerlakatte falls under Jagalur tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Yerlakatte is Kotturu, about 18 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 Yerlakatte.

Yerlakatte is about 41 km from Davanagere in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yerlakatte is in Jagalur tehsil of Davanagere district. Kottūru is about 18 km away. Kotturu is about 18 km away. Jagalur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sokke (1.8 km), Chikkabantanahalli (2.9 km) and Gopalapura (4.0 km).

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

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