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About Gudodi Village

Gudodi is a small village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 29, made up of 14 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,071 females per 1000 males. The village covers 73.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577412, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gudodi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gudodi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Hosanagara
Pincode 577412
Area (hectares) 73.16 hectares
Population 29
Male Population 14
Female Population 15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,071
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gudodi compares

By the 2011 count Gudodi is the 188th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 73.16 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 1025.

Getting to Gudodi

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

Gudodi lies about 54 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Balegundi, about 15 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 Gudodi
Tehsil headquarters Hosanagara 12 km
Nearest railway station Balegundi 15 km
Nearest town Sāgar 17 km
District headquarters Shimoga 54 km

Villages closest to Gudodi

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 Gudodi

As per the Census of India 2011, Gudodi village had a population of 29. That makes it the 188th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Gudodi village has 14 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gudodi has about 1071 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

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

Gudodi covers 73.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gudodi falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gudodi is Balegundi, about 15 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 Gudodi.

Gudodi is about 54 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gudodi is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Hosanagara is about 12 km away. Balegundi is about 15 km away. Sāgar is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nelagalale (1.6 km), Melina Sampalli (2.2 km) and Kanagodu (2.7 km).

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

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