About Chikkanellur Village

Chikkanellur is a large village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,114, made up of 1,052 males and 1,062 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1604.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chikkanellur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikkanellur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sagar
Pincode	577401
Area (hectares)	1604.21 hectares
Population	2,114
Male Population	1,052
Female Population	1,062
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,010
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikkanellur compares

By the 2011 count Chikkanellur is the 12th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 1604.21 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1029.

Getting to Chikkanellur

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

Chikkanellur lies about 72 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 9.0 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 Chikkanellur
Nearest railway station	Kanale	9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sagar	14 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	14 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	72 km

Villages closest to Chikkanellur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sagar 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 Chikkanellur

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikkanellur village had a population of 2,114. That makes it the 12th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Chikkanellur village has 1,052 males and 1,062 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikkanellur has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1029.

The pincode recorded for Chikkanellur is 577401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chikkanellur covers 1604.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chikkanellur falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Chikkanellur is Kanale, about 9.0 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 Chikkanellur.

Chikkanellur is about 72 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikkanellur is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Kanale is about 9.0 km away. Sagar is about 14 km away. Sāgar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.