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About Khandika Village

Khandika is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 712, made up of 342 males and 370 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,082 females per 1000 males. The village covers 490.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khandika Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khandika village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Sagar
Pincode 577401
Area (hectares) 490.09 hectares
Population 712
Male Population 342
Female Population 370
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,082
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khandika compares

By the 2011 count Khandika is the 61st largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 490.09 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 Khandika

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

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.

Common questions about Khandika

As per the Census of India 2011, Khandika village had a population of 712. That makes it the 61st largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Khandika village has 342 males and 370 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khandika has about 1082 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1029.

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

Khandika covers 490.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khandika falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The census record for Khandika notes the nearest railway station 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 Khandika.

Khandika is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Khandika today is likely to be higher.

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