About Mathighatta Village

Mathighatta is a small village in Shikarpur tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 285, made up of 137 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,080 females per 1000 males. The village covers 381.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mathighatta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mathighatta village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Shikarpur
Pincode	577214
Area (hectares)	381.41 hectares
Population	285
Male Population	137
Female Population	148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,080
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mathighatta compares

By the 2011 count Mathighatta is the 134th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents. Its 381.41 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Mathighatta

Mathighatta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Mathighatta as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Mathighatta from other places

Mathighatta lies about 33 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kumsi, about 13 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 Mathighatta
Tehsil headquarters	Shikarpur	12 km
Nearest town	Shikaripura	12 km
Nearest railway station	Kumsi	13 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	33 km

Villages closest to Mathighatta

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 Mathighatta

As per the Census of India 2011, Mathighatta village had a population of 285. That makes it the 134th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents.

Mathighatta village has 137 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mathighatta has about 1080 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Mathighatta is 577214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mathighatta covers 381.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mathighatta falls under Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Mathighatta is Kumsi, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance for Mathighatta.

Mathighatta is about 33 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mathighatta is in Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district. Shikarpur is about 12 km away. Shikaripura is about 12 km away. Kumsi is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.