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About Doddakanagalu Village

Doddakanagalu is a mid sized village in Somvarpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 552, made up of 275 males and 277 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 406.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571235, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Doddakanagalu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doddakanagalu village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Kodagu
Tehsil Somvarpet
Pincode 571235
Area (hectares) 406.09 hectares
Population 552
Male Population 275
Female Population 277
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,007
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Doddakanagalu compares

By the 2011 count Doddakanagalu is the 89th 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 406.09 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1053.

Getting to Doddakanagalu

Doddakanagalu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Doddakanagalu as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Doddakanagalu from other places

Doddakanagalu lies about 32 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Kadagaravalli, about 33 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 Doddakanagalu
Tehsil headquarters Somvarpet 8.3 km
Nearest town Madikeri 30 km
District headquarters Kodagu 32 km
Nearest railway station Kadagaravalli 33 km

Villages closest to Doddakanagalu

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 Doddakanagalu

As per the Census of India 2011, Doddakanagalu village had a population of 552. That makes it the 89th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents.

Doddakanagalu village has 275 males and 277 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doddakanagalu has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1053.

The pincode recorded for Doddakanagalu is 571235. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Doddakanagalu covers 406.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Doddakanagalu falls under Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Doddakanagalu is Kadagaravalli, about 33 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Doddakanagalu.

Doddakanagalu is about 32 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doddakanagalu is in Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Somvarpet is about 8.3 km away. Madikeri is about 30 km away. Kodagu is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ganagur (2.2 km), Malambi (2.2 km) and Malambi Forest (2.2 km).

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

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