About Koratigere Village

Koratigere is a mid sized village in Shikarpur tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,488, made up of 729 males and 759 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 722.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577428, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Koratigere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Koratigere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Shikarpur
Pincode	577428
Area (hectares)	722.69 hectares
Population	1,488
Male Population	729
Female Population	759
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,041
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Koratigere compares

By the 2011 count Koratigere is the 47th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents. Its 722.69 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Koratigere

Koratigere is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Koratigere 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Koratigere from other places

Koratigere lies about 63 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Byadgi, about 35 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 Koratigere
Tehsil headquarters	Shikarpur	20 km
Nearest town	Shikaripura	20 km
Nearest railway station	Byadgi	35 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	63 km

Villages closest to Koratigere

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 Koratigere

As per the Census of India 2011, Koratigere village had a population of 1,488. That makes it the 47th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents.

Koratigere village has 729 males and 759 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Koratigere has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Koratigere is 577428. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Koratigere covers 722.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Koratigere falls under Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Koratigere is Byadgi, about 35 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 village for Koratigere.

Koratigere is about 63 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Koratigere is in Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district. Shikarpur is about 20 km away. Shikaripura is about 20 km away. Byadgi is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.