About Mattikote Village

Mattikote is a large village in Shikarpur tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,000, made up of 1,541 males and 1,459 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 665.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577427, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mattikote Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mattikote village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Shikarpur
Pincode	577427
Area (hectares)	665.96 hectares
Population	3,000
Male Population	1,541
Female Population	1,459
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	947
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mattikote compares

By the 2011 count Mattikote is the 10th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents. Its 665.96 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Mattikote

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

Mattikote lies about 49 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kumsi, about 31 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 Mattikote
Tehsil headquarters	Shikarpur	8.6 km
Nearest town	Shikaripura	8.6 km
Nearest railway station	Kumsi	31 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	49 km

Villages closest to Mattikote

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 Mattikote

As per the Census of India 2011, Mattikote village had a population of 3,000. That makes it the 10th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents.

Mattikote village has 1,541 males and 1,459 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mattikote has about 947 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 Mattikote is 577427. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mattikote covers 665.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mattikote falls under Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Mattikote is Kumsi, about 31 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 Mattikote.

Mattikote is about 49 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mattikote is in Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district. Shikarpur is about 8.6 km away. Shikaripura is about 8.6 km away. Kumsi is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.