About Cherangala Village

Cherangala is a mid sized village in Madikeri tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,332, made up of 657 males and 675 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 10127.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571247, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Cherangala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Cherangala village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Madikeri
Pincode	571247
Area (hectares)	10127.67 hectares
Population	1,332
Male Population	657
Female Population	675
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,027
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Cherangala compares

By the 2011 count Cherangala is the 41st largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,690 residents. Its 10127.67 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Cherangala

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

Cherangala lies about 24 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Kodimbala, about 39 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 Cherangala
District headquarters	Kodagu	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Madikeri	25 km
Nearest railway station	Kodimbala	39 km

Villages closest to Cherangala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Cherangala village had a population of 1,332. That makes it the 41st largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,690 residents.

Cherangala village has 657 males and 675 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Cherangala has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Cherangala is 571247. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Cherangala covers 10127.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Cherangala falls under Madikeri tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Cherangala is Kodimbala, about 39 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 Cherangala.

Cherangala is about 24 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Cherangala is in Madikeri tehsil of Kodagu district. Kodagu is about 24 km away. Madikeri is about 25 km away. Kodimbala is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.