About Parakatageri Village

Parakatageri is a mid sized village in Virajpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,704, made up of 862 males and 842 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 6486.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571249, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Parakatageri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parakatageri village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Virajpet
Pincode	571249
Area (hectares)	6486.92 hectares
Population	1,704
Male Population	862
Female Population	842
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	977
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Parakatageri compares

By the 2011 count Parakatageri is the 39th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents. Its 6486.92 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Parakatageri

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

Parakatageri lies about 40 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Jagannath Temple Gate, about 50 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 Parakatageri
Tehsil headquarters	Virajpet	16 km
Nearest town	Mattanur	31 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	40 km
Nearest railway station	Jagannath Temple Gate	50 km

Villages closest to Parakatageri

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 Parakatageri

As per the Census of India 2011, Parakatageri village had a population of 1,704. That makes it the 39th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents.

Parakatageri village has 862 males and 842 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parakatageri has about 977 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 1026.

The pincode recorded for Parakatageri is 571249. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Parakatageri covers 6486.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Parakatageri falls under Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Parakatageri is Jagannath Temple Gate, about 50 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 Parakatageri.

Parakatageri is about 40 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parakatageri is in Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Virajpet is about 16 km away. Mattanur is about 31 km away. Kodagu is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.