About Yelagere Village

Yelagere is a mid sized village in Shikarpur tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 556, made up of 285 males and 271 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 951 females per 1000 males. The village covers 280.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577433, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yelagere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yelagere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Shikarpur
Pincode	577433
Area (hectares)	280.38 hectares
Population	556
Male Population	285
Female Population	271
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	951
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Yelagere compares

By the 2011 count Yelagere is the 111th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents. Its 280.38 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Yelagere

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

Yelagere lies about 71 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 Yelagere
Tehsil headquarters	Shikarpur	27 km
Nearest town	Shikaripura	27 km
Nearest railway station	Byadgi	35 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	71 km

Villages closest to Yelagere

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 Yelagere

As per the Census of India 2011, Yelagere village had a population of 556. That makes it the 111th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents.

Yelagere village has 285 males and 271 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yelagere has about 951 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 979.

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

Yelagere covers 280.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Yelagere falls under Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Yelagere 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Yelagere.

Yelagere is about 71 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yelagere is in Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district. Shikarpur is about 27 km away. Shikaripura is about 27 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.