About Chikkalavathi Village

Chikkalavathi is a mid sized village in Shikarpur tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 692, made up of 345 males and 347 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 434.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577447, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chikkalavathi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikkalavathi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Shikarpur
Pincode	577447
Area (hectares)	434.32 hectares
Population	692
Male Population	345
Female Population	347
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikkalavathi compares

By the 2011 count Chikkalavathi is the 100th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents. Its 434.32 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Chikkalavathi

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

Chikkalavathi lies about 50 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Adderi, about 17 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 Chikkalavathi
Tehsil headquarters	Shikarpur	11 km
Nearest town	Shikaripura	11 km
Nearest railway station	Adderi	17 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	50 km

Villages closest to Chikkalavathi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shikarpur 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.

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Common questions about Chikkalavathi

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikkalavathi village had a population of 692. That makes it the 100th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents.

Chikkalavathi village has 345 males and 347 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikkalavathi has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Chikkalavathi is 577447. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chikkalavathi covers 434.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chikkalavathi falls under Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Chikkalavathi is Adderi, about 17 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 Chikkalavathi.

Chikkalavathi is about 50 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikkalavathi is in Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district. Shikarpur is about 11 km away. Shikaripura is about 11 km away. Adderi is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.