About B Shettigeri Village

B Shettigeri is a mid sized village in Virajpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 645, made up of 337 males and 308 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 824.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

B Shettigeri Overview

Census 2011 figures for B Shettigeri village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Virajpet
Pincode	571218
Area (hectares)	824.64 hectares
Population	645
Male Population	337
Female Population	308
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How B Shettigeri compares

By the 2011 count B Shettigeri is the 86th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents. Its 824.64 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to B Shettigeri

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

B Shettigeri lies about 35 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Jagannath Temple Gate, about 60 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 B Shettigeri
Tehsil headquarters	Virajpet	12 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	35 km
Nearest town	Madikeri	37 km
Nearest railway station	Jagannath Temple Gate	60 km

Villages closest to B Shettigeri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Virajpet 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 B Shettigeri

As per the Census of India 2011, B Shettigeri village had a population of 645. That makes it the 86th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents.

B Shettigeri village has 337 males and 308 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, B Shettigeri has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for B Shettigeri is 571218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

B Shettigeri covers 824.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

B Shettigeri falls under Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to B Shettigeri is Jagannath Temple Gate, about 60 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 B Shettigeri.

B Shettigeri is about 35 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

B Shettigeri is in Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Virajpet is about 12 km away. Kodagu is about 35 km away. Madikeri is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.