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About Karakki Village

Karakki is a mid sized village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 715, made up of 346 males and 369 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,066 females per 1000 males. The village covers 411.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577426, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karakki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karakki village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Hosanagara
Pincode 577426
Area (hectares) 411.5 hectares
Population 715
Male Population 346
Female Population 369
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,066
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karakki compares

By the 2011 count Karakki is the 57th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 411.5 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 Karakki

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

Karakki lies about 42 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Anandapuram, about 13 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 Karakki
Nearest railway station Anandapuram 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Hosanagara 13 km
Nearest town Sāgar 27 km
District headquarters Shimoga 42 km

Villages closest to Karakki

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 Karakki

As per the Census of India 2011, Karakki village had a population of 715. That makes it the 57th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Karakki village has 346 males and 369 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karakki has about 1066 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

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

Karakki covers 411.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karakki falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Karakki is Anandapuram, about 13 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Karakki.

Karakki is about 42 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karakki is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Anandapuram is about 13 km away. Hosanagara is about 13 km away. Sāgar is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gerupura (1.9 km), Maruthipura (1.9 km) and Veerabhadrapura (1.9 km).

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

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