About Karagodu Village

Karagodu is a mid sized village in Alur tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,345, made up of 674 males and 671 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 996 females per 1000 males. The village covers 317.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karagodu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karagodu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Tehsil	Alur
Pincode	573129
Area (hectares)	317.47 hectares
Population	1,345
Male Population	674
Female Population	671
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	996
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karagodu compares

By the 2011 count Karagodu 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 317.47 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Karagodu

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

Karagodu lies about 25 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Balupete, about 12 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 Karagodu
Nearest railway station	Balupete	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Alur	15 km
Nearest town	Sakleshpur	17 km
District headquarters	Hassan	25 km

Villages closest to Karagodu

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 Karagodu

As per the Census of India 2011, Karagodu village had a population of 1,345. 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.

Karagodu village has 674 males and 671 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karagodu has about 996 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Karagodu is 573129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karagodu covers 317.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karagodu falls under Alur tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Karagodu is Balupete, about 12 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 Karagodu.

Karagodu is about 25 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karagodu is in Alur tehsil of Hassan district. Balupete is about 12 km away. Alur is about 15 km away. Sakleshpur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.