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About Koothi Village

Koothi is a mid sized village in Somvarpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 666, made up of 328 males and 338 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 973.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571236, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Koothi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Koothi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Kodagu
Tehsil Somvarpet
Pincode 571236
Area (hectares) 973.16 hectares
Population 666
Male Population 328
Female Population 338
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,030
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Koothi compares

By the 2011 count Koothi is the 80th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents. Its 973.16 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1053.

Getting to Koothi

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

Koothi lies about 46 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 Koothi
Tehsil headquarters Somvarpet 21 km
Nearest railway station Balupete 24 km
Nearest town Sakleshpur 27 km
District headquarters Kodagu 46 km

Villages closest to Koothi

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 Koothi

As per the Census of India 2011, Koothi village had a population of 666. That makes it the 80th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents.

Koothi village has 328 males and 338 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Koothi has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1053.

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

Koothi covers 973.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Koothi falls under Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Koothi 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 village for Koothi.

Koothi is about 46 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Koothi is in Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Somvarpet is about 21 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.

The closest recorded villages are Niluvagilu (2.3 km), Kitturu (2.7 km) and Doddabandara (2.8 km).

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

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