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About Kattepura Forest Village

Kattepura Forest is a small village in Somvarpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4, made up of 2 males and 2 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 236.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571231, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kattepura Forest Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kattepura Forest village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Kodagu
Tehsil Somvarpet
Pincode 571231
Area (hectares) 236.17 hectares
Population 4
Male Population 2
Female Population 2
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kattepura Forest compares

By the 2011 count Kattepura Forest is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents. Its 236.17 hectares work out to about 0.0 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 Kattepura Forest

Kattepura Forest is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kattepura Forest as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Kattepura Forest from other places

Kattepura Forest lies about 41 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Annechakanahali, about 29 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 Kattepura Forest
Tehsil headquarters Somvarpet 22 km
Nearest town Holenarasipura 29 km
Nearest railway station Annechakanahali 29 km
District headquarters Kodagu 41 km

Villages closest to Kattepura Forest

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 Kattepura Forest

As per the Census of India 2011, Kattepura Forest village had a population of 4. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents.

Kattepura Forest village has 2 males and 2 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kattepura Forest has about 1000 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 Kattepura Forest is 571231. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kattepura Forest covers 236.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kattepura Forest falls under Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kattepura Forest is Annechakanahali, about 29 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kattepura Forest.

Kattepura Forest is about 41 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kattepura Forest is in Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Somvarpet is about 22 km away. Holenarasipura is about 29 km away. Annechakanahali is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kattepura (under 2 km), Basavana Halli (5.0 km) and Manajur (8.1 km).

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

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