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About Holagodu Village

Holagodu is a small village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 129, made up of 72 males and 57 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 792 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Holagodu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Holagodu village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Hosanagara
Pincode 577418
Area (hectares) 96.04 hectares
Population 129
Male Population 72
Female Population 57
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 792
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Holagodu compares

By the 2011 count Holagodu is the 164th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 96.04 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 Holagodu

Holagodu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Holagodu as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Holagodu from other places

Holagodu lies about 47 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Anandapuram, about 5.9 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 Holagodu
Nearest railway station Anandapuram 5.9 km
Nearest town Sāgar 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Hosanagara 19 km
District headquarters Shimoga 47 km

Villages closest to Holagodu

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 Holagodu

As per the Census of India 2011, Holagodu village had a population of 129. That makes it the 164th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Holagodu village has 72 males and 57 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Holagodu has about 792 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 Holagodu is 577418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Holagodu covers 96.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Holagodu falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Holagodu is Anandapuram, about 5.9 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 <5 km distance for Holagodu.

Holagodu is about 47 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Holagodu is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Anandapuram is about 5.9 km away. Sāgar is about 18 km away. Hosanagara is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Heelagodu (under 2 km), Menase (3.3 km) and H Hunasavalli (3.9 km).

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

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