About Gogga Village

Gogga is a mid sized village in Shikarpur tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,610, made up of 826 males and 784 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 982.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577427, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gogga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gogga village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Shikarpur
Pincode	577427
Area (hectares)	982.74 hectares
Population	1,610
Male Population	826
Female Population	784
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	949
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gogga compares

By the 2011 count Gogga is the 36th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents. Its 982.74 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Gogga

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

Gogga lies about 40 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kumsi, about 25 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 Gogga
Tehsil headquarters	Shikarpur	12 km
Nearest town	Shikaripura	12 km
Nearest railway station	Kumsi	25 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	40 km

Villages closest to Gogga

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 Gogga

As per the Census of India 2011, Gogga village had a population of 1,610. That makes it the 36th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents.

Gogga village has 826 males and 784 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gogga has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Gogga is 577427. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gogga covers 982.74 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.

Gogga falls under Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gogga is Kumsi, about 25 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 Gogga.

Gogga is about 40 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gogga is in Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district. Shikarpur is about 12 km away. Shikaripura is about 12 km away. Kumsi is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.