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About Valagere Village

Valagere is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 568, made up of 294 males and 274 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2675.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Valagere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Valagere village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Sagar
Pincode 577401
Area (hectares) 2675.46 hectares
Population 568
Male Population 294
Female Population 274
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 932
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Valagere compares

By the 2011 count Valagere is the 89th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 2675.46 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1029.

Getting to Valagere

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

Valagere lies about 79 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Talaguppa, about 20 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 Valagere
Nearest railway station Talaguppa 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Sagar 23 km
Nearest town Sāgar 23 km
District headquarters Shimoga 79 km

Villages closest to Valagere

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 Valagere

As per the Census of India 2011, Valagere village had a population of 568. That makes it the 89th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Valagere village has 294 males and 274 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Valagere has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1029.

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

Valagere covers 2675.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Valagere falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Valagere is Talaguppa, about 20 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Valagere.

Valagere is about 79 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Valagere is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Talaguppa is about 20 km away. Sagar is about 23 km away. Sāgar is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Araballi (2.5 km), Hulakodu (2.8 km) and Chadaravalli (3.3 km).

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

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