About Gijaga Village

Gijaga is a small village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 96, made up of 52 males and 44 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 367.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577417, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gijaga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gijaga village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sagar
Pincode	577417
Area (hectares)	367.65 hectares
Population	96
Male Population	52
Female Population	44
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	846
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gijaga compares

By the 2011 count Gijaga is the 203rd largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 367.65 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 1029.

Getting to Gijaga

Gijaga is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gijaga 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gijaga from other places

Gijaga lies about 55 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Balegundi, about 14 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 Gijaga
Nearest railway station	Balegundi	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sagar	15 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	15 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	55 km

Villages closest to Gijaga

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 Gijaga

As per the Census of India 2011, Gijaga village had a population of 96. That makes it the 203rd largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Gijaga village has 52 males and 44 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gijaga has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1029.

The pincode recorded for Gijaga is 577417. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gijaga covers 367.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gijaga falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gijaga is Balegundi, about 14 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gijaga.

Gijaga 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.

Gijaga is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Balegundi is about 14 km away. Sagar is about 15 km away. Sāgar is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.