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About Aragodi Village

Aragodi is a small village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 212, made up of 114 males and 98 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 231.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577412, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Aragodi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Aragodi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Hosanagara
Pincode 577412
Area (hectares) 231.06 hectares
Population 212
Male Population 114
Female Population 98
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 860
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Aragodi compares

By the 2011 count Aragodi is the 147th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 231.06 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Aragodi

Aragodi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Aragodi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Aragodi from other places

Aragodi lies about 69 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Bijoor, about 32 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 Aragodi
Tehsil headquarters Hosanagara 15 km
Nearest railway station Bijoor 32 km
Nearest town Byndoor 33 km
District headquarters Shimoga 69 km

Villages closest to Aragodi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Aragodi village had a population of 212. That makes it the 147th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Aragodi village has 114 males and 98 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Aragodi has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Aragodi is 577412. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Aragodi covers 231.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Aragodi falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Aragodi is Bijoor, about 32 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Aragodi.

Aragodi is about 69 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Aragodi is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Hosanagara is about 15 km away. Bijoor is about 32 km away. Byndoor is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kattinahole (2.2 km), Hebbylu (3.6 km) and Hosur (3.9 km).

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

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