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About Saragunda Village

Saragunda is a small village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 225, made up of 119 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 358.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577412, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saragunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saragunda village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Sagar
Pincode 577412
Area (hectares) 358.85 hectares
Population 225
Male Population 119
Female Population 106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Saragunda compares

By the 2011 count Saragunda is the 168th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 358.85 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1029.

Getting to Saragunda

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

Saragunda lies about 45 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Anandapuram, about 4.9 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 Saragunda
Nearest railway station Anandapuram 4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Sagar 20 km
Nearest town Sāgar 20 km
District headquarters Shimoga 45 km

Villages closest to Saragunda

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 Saragunda

As per the Census of India 2011, Saragunda village had a population of 225. That makes it the 168th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Saragunda village has 119 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saragunda has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1029.

The pincode recorded for Saragunda is 577412. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saragunda covers 358.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Saragunda falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Saragunda is Anandapuram, about 4.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Saragunda.

Saragunda is about 45 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saragunda is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Anandapuram is about 4.9 km away. Sagar is about 20 km away. Sāgar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gantinakoppa (2.1 km), Adur (2.2 km) and Yebbodi (2.4 km).

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

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