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About Kugve Village

Kugve is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,330, made up of 626 males and 704 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,125 females per 1000 males. The village covers 614.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kugve Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kugve village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Sagar
Pincode 577401
Area (hectares) 614.84 hectares
Population 1,330
Male Population 626
Female Population 704
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,125
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kugve compares

By the 2011 count Kugve is the 23rd 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 614.84 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1029.

Getting to Kugve

Kugve is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kugve 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kugve from other places

Kugve lies about 68 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Sagar Jambagaru, about 3.5 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 Kugve
Nearest railway station Sagar Jambagaru 3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Sagar 4.1 km
Nearest town Sāgar 4.1 km
District headquarters Shimoga 68 km

Villages closest to Kugve

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.

Common questions about Kugve

As per the Census of India 2011, Kugve village had a population of 1,330. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Kugve village has 626 males and 704 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kugve has about 1125 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1029.

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

Kugve covers 614.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kugve falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kugve is Sagar Jambagaru, about 3.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Kugve is about 68 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kugve is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Sagar Jambagaru is about 3.5 km away. Sagar is about 4.1 km away. Sāgar is about 4.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nadahalli Kai (1.8 km), Dombe (2.0 km) and Hosakoppa (2.0 km).

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

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