About Chikkamagadi Village

Chikkamagadi is a mid sized village in Shikarpur tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,528, made up of 788 males and 740 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 558.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577433, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chikkamagadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikkamagadi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Shikarpur
Pincode	577433
Area (hectares)	558.81 hectares
Population	1,528
Male Population	788
Female Population	740
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	939
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikkamagadi compares

By the 2011 count Chikkamagadi is the 45th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents. Its 558.81 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Chikkamagadi

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

Chikkamagadi lies about 72 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Byadgi, about 33 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 Chikkamagadi
Tehsil headquarters	Shikarpur	28 km
Nearest town	Shikaripura	28 km
Nearest railway station	Byadgi	33 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	72 km

Villages closest to Chikkamagadi

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 Chikkamagadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikkamagadi village had a population of 1,528. That makes it the 45th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents.

Chikkamagadi village has 788 males and 740 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikkamagadi has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Chikkamagadi is 577433. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chikkamagadi covers 558.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chikkamagadi falls under Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Chikkamagadi is Byadgi, about 33 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 Chikkamagadi.

Chikkamagadi is about 72 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikkamagadi is in Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district. Shikarpur is about 28 km away. Shikaripura is about 28 km away. Byadgi is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.