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About Shettisara Village

Shettisara is a small village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 427, made up of 211 males and 216 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 183.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shettisara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shettisara village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Sagar
Pincode 577401
Area (hectares) 183.32 hectares
Population 427
Male Population 211
Female Population 216
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,024
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Shettisara compares

By the 2011 count Shettisara is the 115th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 183.32 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1029.

Getting to Shettisara

Shettisara 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 Shettisara 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 Shettisara from other places

Shettisara lies about 66 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Sagar Jambagaru, about 4.6 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 Shettisara
Nearest railway station Sagar Jambagaru 4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Sagar 4.7 km
Nearest town Sāgar 4.7 km
District headquarters Shimoga 66 km

Villages closest to Shettisara

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 Shettisara

As per the Census of India 2011, Shettisara village had a population of 427. That makes it the 115th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Shettisara village has 211 males and 216 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shettisara has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1029.

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

Shettisara covers 183.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shettisara falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Shettisara is Sagar Jambagaru, about 4.6 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 Shettisara.

Shettisara is about 66 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shettisara is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Sagar Jambagaru is about 4.6 km away. Sagar is about 4.7 km away. Sāgar is about 4.7 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 (under 2 km), Dombe (2.0 km) and Mathikoppa (2.2 km).

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

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