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About Goddu Village

Goddu is a small village in Sakleshpur tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 393, made up of 178 males and 215 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,208 females per 1000 males. The village covers 519.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goddu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goddu village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Hassan
Tehsil Sakleshpur
Pincode 573123
Area (hectares) 519.63 hectares
Population 393
Male Population 178
Female Population 215
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,208
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 Goddu compares

By the 2011 count Goddu is the 104th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 477 residents. Its 519.63 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1047.

Getting to Goddu

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

Goddu lies about 47 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Kadagaravalli, about 16 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 Goddu
Nearest railway station Kadagaravalli 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Sakleshpur 25 km
District headquarters Hassan 47 km

Villages closest to Goddu

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 Goddu

As per the Census of India 2011, Goddu village had a population of 393. That makes it the 104th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 477 residents.

Goddu village has 178 males and 215 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goddu has about 1208 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1047.

The pincode recorded for Goddu is 573123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goddu covers 519.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Goddu falls under Sakleshpur tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Goddu is Kadagaravalli, about 16 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 Goddu.

Goddu is about 47 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goddu is in Sakleshpur tehsil of Hassan district. Kadagaravalli is about 16 km away. Sakleshpur is about 25 km away. Hassan is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hulagathur (2.0 km), Thambalagere (2.1 km) and Palahalli (2.4 km).

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

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