About Kerodi Village

Kerodi is a small village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 221, made up of 94 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,351 females per 1000 males. The village covers 209.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577434, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kerodi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kerodi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sagar
Pincode	577434
Area (hectares)	209.45 hectares
Population	221
Male Population	94
Female Population	127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,351
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kerodi compares

By the 2011 count Kerodi is the 169th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 209.45 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 Kerodi

Kerodi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kerodi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Kerodi from other places

Kerodi lies about 60 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Balegundi, about 5.6 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 Kerodi
Nearest railway station	Balegundi	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sagar	6.6 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	6.6 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	60 km

Villages closest to Kerodi

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.

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Kerodi

As per the Census of India 2011, Kerodi village had a population of 221. That makes it the 169th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Kerodi village has 94 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kerodi has about 1351 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1029.

The pincode recorded for Kerodi is 577434. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kerodi covers 209.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kerodi falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kerodi is Balegundi, about 5.6 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kerodi.

Kerodi is about 60 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kerodi is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Balegundi is about 5.6 km away. Sagar is about 6.6 km away. Sāgar is about 6.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.