About Dodderi Village

Dodderi is a mid sized village in Bhadravati tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 544, made up of 281 males and 263 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 785.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dodderi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dodderi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Bhadravati
Pincode	577301
Area (hectares)	785.08 hectares
Population	544
Male Population	281
Female Population	263
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dodderi compares

By the 2011 count Dodderi is the 107th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,412 residents. Its 785.08 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Dodderi

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

Dodderi lies about 27 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Masarahalli, about 8.8 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 Dodderi
Nearest railway station	Masarahalli	8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhadravati	11 km
Nearest town	Bhadrāvati	11 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	27 km

Villages closest to Dodderi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dodderi village had a population of 544. That makes it the 107th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,412 residents.

Dodderi village has 281 males and 263 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dodderi has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Dodderi is 577301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dodderi covers 785.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dodderi falls under Bhadravati tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Dodderi is Masarahalli, about 8.8 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 Dodderi.

Dodderi is about 27 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dodderi is in Bhadravati tehsil of Shimoga district. Masarahalli is about 8.8 km away. Bhadravati is about 11 km away. Bhadrāvati is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.