About Varikal Village

Varikal is a mid sized village in Kushtagi tehsil, in the district of Koppal, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 533, made up of 252 males and 281 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,115 females per 1000 males. The village covers 379.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583280, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Varikal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Varikal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Koppal
Tehsil	Kushtagi
Pincode	583280
Area (hectares)	379.83 hectares
Population	533
Male Population	252
Female Population	281
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,115
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Varikal compares

By the 2011 count Varikal is the 137th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,606 residents. Its 379.83 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Varikal

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

Varikal lies about 55 km from Koppal, and the nearest railway station is Linganabandi, 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 Varikal
Nearest town	Gajendragarh	7.4 km
Nearest railway station	Linganabandi	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kushtagi	26 km
District headquarters	Koppal	55 km

Villages closest to Varikal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kushtagi 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 Varikal

As per the Census of India 2011, Varikal village had a population of 533. That makes it the 137th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,606 residents.

Varikal village has 252 males and 281 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Varikal has about 1115 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Varikal is 583280. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Varikal covers 379.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Varikal falls under Kushtagi tehsil of Koppal district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Varikal is Linganabandi, 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 10+ km distance for Varikal.

Varikal is about 55 km from Koppal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Varikal is in Kushtagi tehsil of Koppal district. Gajendragarh is about 7.4 km away. Linganabandi is about 24 km away. Kushtagi is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.