About Kiggalu Village

Kiggalu is a mid sized village in Madikeri tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,663, made up of 795 males and 868 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,092 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1011.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571252, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kiggalu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kiggalu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Madikeri
Pincode	571252
Area (hectares)	1011.99 hectares
Population	1,663
Male Population	795
Female Population	868
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,092
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kiggalu compares

By the 2011 count Kiggalu is the 31st largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,690 residents. Its 1011.99 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 1005.

Getting to Kiggalu

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

Kiggalu lies about 13 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Bajakere, about 56 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 Kiggalu
District headquarters	Kodagu	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Madikeri	16 km
Nearest railway station	Bajakere	56 km

Villages closest to Kiggalu

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 Kiggalu

As per the Census of India 2011, Kiggalu village had a population of 1,663. That makes it the 31st largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,690 residents.

Kiggalu village has 795 males and 868 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kiggalu has about 1092 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Kiggalu is 571252. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kiggalu covers 1011.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kiggalu falls under Madikeri tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kiggalu is Bajakere, about 56 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 Kiggalu.

Kiggalu is about 13 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kiggalu is in Madikeri tehsil of Kodagu district. Kodagu is about 13 km away. Madikeri is about 16 km away. Bajakere is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.