About Devasa Village

Devasa is a small village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 103, made up of 44 males and 59 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,341 females per 1000 males. The village covers 444.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Devasa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Devasa village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sagar
Pincode	577401
Area (hectares)	444.46 hectares
Population	103
Male Population	44
Female Population	59
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,341
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Devasa compares

By the 2011 count Devasa is the 199th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 444.46 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 1029.

Getting to Devasa

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

Devasa lies about 55 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 Devasa
Nearest railway station	Anandapuram	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sagar	28 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	28 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	55 km

Villages closest to Devasa

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 Devasa

As per the Census of India 2011, Devasa village had a population of 103. That makes it the 199th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Devasa village has 44 males and 59 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Devasa has about 1341 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1029.

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

Devasa covers 444.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Devasa falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Devasa 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Devasa.

Devasa 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.

Devasa is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Anandapuram is about 24 km away. Sagar is about 28 km away. Sāgar is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.