About Kitturu Village

Kitturu is a small village in Somvarpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 465, made up of 218 males and 247 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,133 females per 1000 males. The village covers 192.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571235, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kitturu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kitturu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Somvarpet
Pincode	571235
Area (hectares)	192.26 hectares
Population	465
Male Population	218
Female Population	247
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,133
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kitturu compares

By the 2011 count Kitturu is the 103rd 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 192.26 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1053.

Getting to Kitturu

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

Kitturu lies about 44 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Balupete, about 24 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 Kitturu
Tehsil headquarters	Somvarpet	19 km
Nearest railway station	Balupete	24 km
Nearest town	Sakleshpur	27 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	44 km

Villages closest to Kitturu

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 Kitturu

As per the Census of India 2011, Kitturu village had a population of 465. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents.

Kitturu village has 218 males and 247 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kitturu has about 1133 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1053.

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

Kitturu covers 192.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kitturu falls under Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kitturu is Balupete, about 24 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 Kitturu.

Kitturu is about 44 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kitturu is in Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Somvarpet is about 19 km away. Balupete is about 24 km away. Sakleshpur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.