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About Dinka Village

Dinka is a mid sized village in Pandavapura tehsil, in the district of Mandya, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,878, made up of 953 males and 925 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 564.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571812, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dinka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dinka village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Mandya
Tehsil Pandavapura
Pincode 571812
Area (hectares) 564.09 hectares
Population 1,878
Male Population 953
Female Population 925
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 971
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dinka compares

By the 2011 count Dinka is the 24th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,171 residents. Its 564.09 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Dinka

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

Dinka lies about 38 km from Mandya, and the nearest railway station is Kallur Yedahalli, about 12 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 Dinka
Nearest railway station Kallur Yedahalli 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Pandavapura 14 km
Nearest town French Rocks 14 km
District headquarters Mandya 38 km

Villages closest to Dinka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dinka village had a population of 1,878. That makes it the 24th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,171 residents.

Dinka village has 953 males and 925 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dinka has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Dinka is 571812. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dinka covers 564.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dinka falls under Pandavapura tehsil of Mandya district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Dinka is Kallur Yedahalli, about 12 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 Dinka.

Dinka is about 38 km from Mandya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dinka is in Pandavapura tehsil of Mandya district. Kallur Yedahalli is about 12 km away. Pandavapura is about 14 km away. French Rocks is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dinkadakaval (under 2 km), Moodanahalli (1.5 km) and Dinka Settihalli (2.2 km).

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

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