About Karugunda Village

Karugunda is a mid sized village in Madikeri tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,430, made up of 715 males and 715 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1488.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571247, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karugunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karugunda village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Madikeri
Pincode	571247
Area (hectares)	1488.64 hectares
Population	1,430
Male Population	715
Female Population	715
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karugunda compares

By the 2011 count Karugunda is the 38th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,690 residents. Its 1488.64 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Karugunda

Karugunda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karugunda as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Karugunda from other places

Karugunda lies about 35 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Bajakere, about 11 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 Karugunda
Nearest railway station	Bajakere	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Madikeri	32 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	35 km

Villages closest to Karugunda

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 Karugunda

As per the Census of India 2011, Karugunda village had a population of 1,430. That makes it the 38th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,690 residents.

Karugunda village has 715 males and 715 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karugunda has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1005.

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

Karugunda covers 1488.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karugunda falls under Madikeri tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Karugunda is Bajakere, about 11 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 10+ km distance for Karugunda.

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

Karugunda is in Madikeri tehsil of Kodagu district. Bajakere is about 11 km away. Madikeri is about 32 km away. Kodagu is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.