About Nelagalale Village

Nelagalale is a small village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 223, made up of 120 males and 103 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 369.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577412, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nelagalale Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nelagalale village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Hosanagara
Pincode	577412
Area (hectares)	369.11 hectares
Population	223
Male Population	120
Female Population	103
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	858
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nelagalale compares

By the 2011 count Nelagalale is the 144th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 369.11 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 Nelagalale

Nelagalale is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Nelagalale as Available within 5 - 10 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 Nelagalale from other places

Nelagalale lies about 55 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Balegundi, about 16 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 Nelagalale
Tehsil headquarters	Hosanagara	12 km
Nearest railway station	Balegundi	16 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	17 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	55 km

Villages closest to Nelagalale

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 Nelagalale

As per the Census of India 2011, Nelagalale village had a population of 223. That makes it the 144th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Nelagalale village has 120 males and 103 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nelagalale has about 858 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 Nelagalale is 577412. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nelagalale covers 369.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nelagalale falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Nelagalale is Balegundi, about 16 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Nelagalale.

Nelagalale is about 55 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nelagalale is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Hosanagara is about 12 km away. Balegundi is about 16 km away. Sāgar is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.