About Karigala Village

Karigala is a mid sized village in Heggadadevankote tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,367, made up of 674 males and 693 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1612.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karigala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karigala village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Mysore
Tehsil	Heggadadevankote
Pincode	571125
Area (hectares)	1612.85 hectares
Population	1,367
Male Population	674
Female Population	693
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,028
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karigala compares

By the 2011 count Karigala is the 61st largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 982 residents. Its 1612.85 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 984.

Getting to Karigala

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

Karigala lies about 29 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Kadakola, about 26 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 Karigala
Tehsil headquarters	Heggadadevankote	12 km
Nearest town	Hunsūr	24 km
Nearest railway station	Kadakola	26 km
District headquarters	Mysore	29 km

Villages closest to Karigala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karigala village had a population of 1,367. That makes it the 61st largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 982 residents.

Karigala village has 674 males and 693 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karigala has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Karigala is 571125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karigala covers 1612.85 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.

Karigala falls under Heggadadevankote tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Karigala is Kadakola, about 26 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 Karigala.

Karigala is about 29 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karigala is in Heggadadevankote tehsil of Mysore district. Heggadadevankote is about 12 km away. Hunsūr is about 24 km away. Kadakola is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.