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About Laviggere Village

Laviggere is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 704, made up of 340 males and 364 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,071 females per 1000 males. The village covers 844.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577431, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Laviggere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Laviggere village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Sagar
Pincode 577431
Area (hectares) 844.35 hectares
Population 704
Male Population 340
Female Population 364
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,071
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Laviggere compares

By the 2011 count Laviggere is the 63rd largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 844.35 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 Laviggere

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

Laviggere lies about 53 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Adderi, about 7.5 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 Laviggere
Nearest railway station Adderi 7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Sagar 15 km
Nearest town Sāgar 15 km
District headquarters Shimoga 53 km

Villages closest to Laviggere

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 Laviggere

As per the Census of India 2011, Laviggere village had a population of 704. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Laviggere village has 340 males and 364 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Laviggere has about 1071 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1029.

The pincode recorded for Laviggere is 577431. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Laviggere covers 844.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Laviggere falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Laviggere is Adderi, about 7.5 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 Laviggere.

Laviggere is about 53 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Laviggere is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Adderi is about 7.5 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.

The closest recorded villages are Chipli (1.5 km), Jambani (1.9 km) and Thyagarthi (2.5 km).

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

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