About Shankighatta Village

Shankighatta is a mid sized village in Magadi tehsil, in the district of Ramanagara, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 732, made up of 366 males and 366 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 444.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 562131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shankighatta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankighatta village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Ramanagara
Tehsil	Magadi
Pincode	562131
Area (hectares)	444.61 hectares
Population	732
Male Population	366
Female Population	366
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shankighatta compares

By the 2011 count Shankighatta is the 82nd largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 634 residents. Its 444.61 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Shankighatta

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

Shankighatta lies about 46 km from Ramanagara, and the nearest railway station is Tippasandra, about 3.3 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 Shankighatta
Nearest railway station	Tippasandra	3.3 km
Nearest town	Kunigal	8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Magadi	19 km
District headquarters	Ramanagara	46 km

Villages closest to Shankighatta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shankighatta village had a population of 732. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 634 residents.

Shankighatta village has 366 males and 366 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

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

The pincode recorded for Shankighatta is 562131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shankighatta covers 444.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shankighatta falls under Magadi tehsil of Ramanagara district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Shankighatta is Tippasandra, about 3.3 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 Shankighatta.

Shankighatta is about 46 km from Ramanagara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shankighatta is in Magadi tehsil of Ramanagara district. Tippasandra is about 3.3 km away. Kunigal is about 8.9 km away. Magadi is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.