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About Donigal Village

Donigal is a small village in Sakleshpur tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 429, made up of 212 males and 217 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573134, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Donigal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Donigal village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Hassan
Tehsil Sakleshpur
Pincode 573134
Area (hectares) 139.36 hectares
Population 429
Male Population 212
Female Population 217
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,024
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Donigal compares

By the 2011 count Donigal is the 95th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 477 residents. Its 139.36 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1047.

Getting to Donigal

Donigal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Donigal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Donigal from other places

Donigal lies about 38 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Donigal, about 2.9 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 Donigal
Nearest railway station Donigal 2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Sakleshpur 3.9 km
District headquarters Hassan 38 km

Villages closest to Donigal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Donigal village had a population of 429. That makes it the 95th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 477 residents.

Donigal village has 212 males and 217 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Donigal has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1047.

The pincode recorded for Donigal is 573134. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Donigal covers 139.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Donigal falls under Sakleshpur tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Donigal is Donigal, about 2.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Donigal.

Donigal is about 38 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Donigal is in Sakleshpur tehsil of Hassan district. Donigal is about 2.9 km away. Sakleshpur is about 3.9 km away. Hassan is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kalagane (under 2 km), Devihalli (under 2 km) and Anemahal (1.6 km).

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

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