About Napoklu Village

Napoklu is a large village in Madikeri tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,429, made up of 1,689 males and 1,740 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1223.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Napoklu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Napoklu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Madikeri
Pincode	571214
Area (hectares)	1223.68 hectares
Population	3,429
Male Population	1,689
Female Population	1,740
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,030
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Napoklu compares

By the 2011 count Napoklu is the 5th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,690 residents. Its 1223.68 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Napoklu

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

Napoklu lies about 12 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Bajakere, about 50 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 Napoklu
District headquarters	Kodagu	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Madikeri	14 km
Nearest railway station	Bajakere	50 km

Villages closest to Napoklu

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 Napoklu

As per the Census of India 2011, Napoklu village had a population of 3,429. That makes it the 5th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,690 residents.

Napoklu village has 1,689 males and 1,740 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Napoklu has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Napoklu is 571214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Napoklu covers 1223.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Napoklu falls under Madikeri tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Napoklu is Bajakere, about 50 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 Napoklu.

Napoklu is about 12 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Napoklu is in Madikeri tehsil of Kodagu district. Kodagu is about 12 km away. Madikeri is about 14 km away. Bajakere is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.