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About Chikka Tholur Village

Chikka Tholur is a mid sized village in Somvarpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 519, made up of 247 males and 272 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,101 females per 1000 males. The village covers 569.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571236, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chikka Tholur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikka Tholur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Kodagu
Tehsil Somvarpet
Pincode 571236
Area (hectares) 569.72 hectares
Population 519
Male Population 247
Female Population 272
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,101
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikka Tholur compares

By the 2011 count Chikka Tholur is the 95th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents. Its 569.72 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 1053.

Getting to Chikka Tholur

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

Chikka Tholur lies about 30 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Kadagaravalli, about 27 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 Chikka Tholur
Tehsil headquarters Somvarpet 5.7 km
Nearest railway station Kadagaravalli 27 km
Nearest town Madikeri 27 km
District headquarters Kodagu 30 km

Villages closest to Chikka Tholur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Somvarpet 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 Chikka Tholur

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikka Tholur village had a population of 519. That makes it the 95th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents.

Chikka Tholur village has 247 males and 272 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikka Tholur has about 1101 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1053.

The pincode recorded for Chikka Tholur is 571236. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chikka Tholur covers 569.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chikka Tholur falls under Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Chikka Tholur is Kadagaravalli, about 27 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 Chikka Tholur.

Chikka Tholur is about 30 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikka Tholur is in Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Somvarpet is about 5.7 km away. Kadagaravalli is about 27 km away. Madikeri is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sunti (1.7 km), Doddatholur (2.3 km) and Tholur Shettalli (2.8 km).

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

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