About Varakodu Village

Varakodu is a small village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 460, made up of 229 males and 231 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 392.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Varakodu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Varakodu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Hosanagara
Pincode	577418
Area (hectares)	392.45 hectares
Population	460
Male Population	229
Female Population	231
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,009
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Varakodu compares

By the 2011 count Varakodu is the 93rd largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 392.45 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Varakodu

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

Varakodu lies about 53 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Anandapuram, about 24 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 Varakodu
Tehsil headquarters	Hosanagara	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Anandapuram	24 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	29 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	53 km

Villages closest to Varakodu

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 Varakodu

As per the Census of India 2011, Varakodu village had a population of 460. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Varakodu village has 229 males and 231 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Varakodu has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Varakodu is 577418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Varakodu covers 392.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Varakodu falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Varakodu is Anandapuram, about 24 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 Varakodu.

Varakodu is about 53 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Varakodu is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Hosanagara is about under 2 km away. Anandapuram is about 24 km away. Sāgar is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.