About Kerekoppa Village

Kerekoppa is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 881, made up of 426 males and 455 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,068 females per 1000 males. The village covers 527.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577417, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kerekoppa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kerekoppa village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sagar
Pincode	577417
Area (hectares)	527.47 hectares
Population	881
Male Population	426
Female Population	455
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,068
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kerekoppa compares

By the 2011 count Kerekoppa is the 45th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 527.47 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1029.

Getting to Kerekoppa

Kerekoppa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kerekoppa as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kerekoppa from other places

Kerekoppa lies about 58 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Balegundi, about 7.6 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 Kerekoppa
Tehsil headquarters	Sagar	7.0 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	7.0 km
Nearest railway station	Balegundi	7.6 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	58 km

Villages closest to Kerekoppa

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 Kerekoppa

As per the Census of India 2011, Kerekoppa village had a population of 881. That makes it the 45th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Kerekoppa village has 426 males and 455 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kerekoppa has about 1068 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1029.

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

Kerekoppa covers 527.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kerekoppa falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kerekoppa is Balegundi, about 7.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Kerekoppa.

Kerekoppa is about 58 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kerekoppa is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Sagar is about 7.0 km away. Sāgar is about 7.0 km away. Balegundi is about 7.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.