About Karigallu Village

Karigallu is a small village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 34, made up of 19 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 789 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577448, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karigallu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karigallu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Hosanagara
Pincode	577448
Area (hectares)	85.91 hectares
Population	34
Male Population	19
Female Population	15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	789
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karigallu compares

By the 2011 count Karigallu is the 184th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 85.91 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 Karigallu

Karigallu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karigallu as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kanabandur, Kanagodu, Karagodu and Karakki. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Karigallu

As per the Census of India 2011, Karigallu village had a population of 34. That makes it the 184th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Karigallu village has 19 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karigallu has about 789 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 Karigallu is 577448. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karigallu covers 85.91 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.

Karigallu falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The census record for Karigallu notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Karigallu.

Karigallu is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.