About Kirikodli Village

Kirikodli is a mid sized village in Somvarpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,038, made up of 530 males and 508 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 958 females per 1000 males. The village covers 270.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571231, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kirikodli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kirikodli village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Somvarpet
Pincode	571231
Area (hectares)	270.89 hectares
Population	1,038
Male Population	530
Female Population	508
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	958
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kirikodli compares

By the 2011 count Kirikodli is the 50th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents. Its 270.89 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1053.

Getting to Kirikodli

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

Kirikodli lies about 48 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Balupete, about 18 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 Kirikodli
Nearest railway station	Balupete	18 km
Nearest town	Sakleshpur	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Somvarpet	24 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	48 km

Villages closest to Kirikodli

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 Kirikodli

As per the Census of India 2011, Kirikodli village had a population of 1,038. That makes it the 50th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents.

Kirikodli village has 530 males and 508 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kirikodli has about 958 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1053.

The pincode recorded for Kirikodli is 571231. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kirikodli covers 270.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kirikodli falls under Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kirikodli is Balupete, about 18 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 Kirikodli.

Kirikodli is about 48 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kirikodli is in Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Balupete is about 18 km away. Sakleshpur is about 20 km away. Somvarpet is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.