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About Yarekoppa Village

Yarekoppa is a small village in Shikarpur tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 492, made up of 239 males and 253 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 207.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yarekoppa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yarekoppa village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Shikarpur
Pincode 577214
Area (hectares) 207.32 hectares
Population 492
Male Population 239
Female Population 253
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,059
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Yarekoppa compares

By the 2011 count Yarekoppa is the 117th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents. Its 207.32 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 Yarekoppa

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

Yarekoppa lies about 40 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Anandapuram, about 14 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 Yarekoppa
Tehsil headquarters Shikarpur 13 km
Nearest town Shikaripura 13 km
Nearest railway station Anandapuram 14 km
District headquarters Shimoga 40 km

Villages closest to Yarekoppa

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.

Common questions about Yarekoppa

As per the Census of India 2011, Yarekoppa village had a population of 492. That makes it the 117th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents.

Yarekoppa village has 239 males and 253 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yarekoppa has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

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

Yarekoppa covers 207.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Yarekoppa falls under Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Yarekoppa is Anandapuram, about 14 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 km distance for Yarekoppa.

Yarekoppa 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.

Yarekoppa is in Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district. Shikarpur is about 13 km away. Shikaripura is about 13 km away. Anandapuram is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ambligola (2.3 km), Kanas0gi (2.4 km) and A Annapura (3.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Yarekoppa today is likely to be higher.

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