About Karagodu Village

Karagodu is a small village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 371, made up of 188 males and 183 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 515.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577426, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karagodu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karagodu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Hosanagara
Pincode	577426
Area (hectares)	515.26 hectares
Population	371
Male Population	188
Female Population	183
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karagodu compares

By the 2011 count Karagodu is the 110th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 515.26 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Karagodu

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

Karagodu lies about 33 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kenchanalu, about 6.6 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 Karagodu
Nearest railway station	Kenchanalu	6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hosanagara	22 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	33 km
Nearest town	Shivamogga	33 km

Villages closest to Karagodu

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.

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Common questions about Karagodu

As per the Census of India 2011, Karagodu village had a population of 371. That makes it the 110th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Karagodu village has 188 males and 183 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karagodu has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Karagodu is 577426. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karagodu covers 515.26 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.

Karagodu falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Karagodu is Kenchanalu, about 6.6 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 - 10 km distance for Karagodu.

Karagodu is about 33 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karagodu is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Kenchanalu is about 6.6 km away. Hosanagara is about 22 km away. Shimoga is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.