About Kiragandur Village

Kiragandur is a mid sized village in Somvarpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,262, made up of 612 males and 650 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 920.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571236, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kiragandur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kiragandur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Somvarpet
Pincode	571236
Area (hectares)	920.43 hectares
Population	1,262
Male Population	612
Female Population	650
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,062
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kiragandur compares

By the 2011 count Kiragandur is the 43rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents. Its 920.43 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 1053.

Getting to Kiragandur

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

Kiragandur lies about 22 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Kadagaravalli, about 34 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 Kiragandur
Tehsil headquarters	Somvarpet	3.6 km
Nearest town	Madikeri	19 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	22 km
Nearest railway station	Kadagaravalli	34 km

Villages closest to Kiragandur

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.

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Common questions about Kiragandur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kiragandur village had a population of 1,262. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents.

Kiragandur village has 612 males and 650 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kiragandur has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1053.

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

Kiragandur covers 920.43 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.

Kiragandur falls under Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kiragandur is Kadagaravalli, about 34 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 Kiragandur.

Kiragandur is about 22 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kiragandur is in Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Somvarpet is about 3.6 km away. Madikeri is about 19 km away. Kodagu is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.