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About Doddatholur Village

Doddatholur is a small village in Somvarpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 467, made up of 228 males and 239 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 578.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571236, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Doddatholur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doddatholur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Kodagu
Tehsil Somvarpet
Pincode 571236
Area (hectares) 578.21 hectares
Population 467
Male Population 228
Female Population 239
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,048
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Doddatholur compares

By the 2011 count Doddatholur is the 102nd 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 578.21 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1053.

Getting to Doddatholur

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

Doddatholur lies about 28 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Kadagaravalli, about 26 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 Doddatholur
Tehsil headquarters Somvarpet 5.6 km
Nearest town Madikeri 26 km
Nearest railway station Kadagaravalli 26 km
District headquarters Kodagu 28 km

Villages closest to Doddatholur

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 Doddatholur

As per the Census of India 2011, Doddatholur village had a population of 467. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents.

Doddatholur village has 228 males and 239 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doddatholur has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1053.

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

Doddatholur covers 578.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Doddatholur falls under Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Doddatholur is Kadagaravalli, about 26 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 Doddatholur.

Doddatholur is about 28 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doddatholur is in Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Somvarpet is about 5.6 km away. Madikeri is about 26 km away. Kadagaravalli is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tholur Shettalli (1.6 km), Chikka Tholur (2.3 km) and Abbimatta (2.5 km).

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

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