About Doddakanagal Village

Doddakanagal is a mid sized village in Alur tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,043, made up of 536 males and 507 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 369.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Doddakanagal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doddakanagal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Tehsil	Alur
Pincode	573217
Area (hectares)	369.93 hectares
Population	1,043
Male Population	536
Female Population	507
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Doddakanagal compares

By the 2011 count Doddakanagal is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 318 residents. Its 369.93 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 1023.

Getting to Doddakanagal

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

Doddakanagal lies about 35 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Balupete, about 24 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 Doddakanagal
Nearest railway station	Balupete	24 km
Nearest town	Sakleshpur	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Alur	27 km
District headquarters	Hassan	35 km

Villages closest to Doddakanagal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Doddakanagal village had a population of 1,043. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 318 residents.

Doddakanagal village has 536 males and 507 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doddakanagal has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Doddakanagal is 573217. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Doddakanagal covers 369.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Doddakanagal falls under Alur tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Doddakanagal is Balupete, about 24 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 Doddakanagal.

Doddakanagal is about 35 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doddakanagal is in Alur tehsil of Hassan district. Balupete is about 24 km away. Sakleshpur is about 26 km away. Alur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.