About Yerekatte Village

Yerekatte is a small village in Shikarpur tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 481, made up of 260 males and 221 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1191.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yerekatte Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yerekatte village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Shikarpur
Pincode	577214
Area (hectares)	1191.46 hectares
Population	481
Male Population	260
Female Population	221
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	850
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Yerekatte compares

By the 2011 count Yerekatte is the 118th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents. Its 1191.46 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Yerekatte

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

Yerekatte lies about 35 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kumsi, about 17 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 Yerekatte
Tehsil headquarters	Shikarpur	9.5 km
Nearest town	Shikaripura	9.5 km
Nearest railway station	Kumsi	17 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	35 km

Villages closest to Yerekatte

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 Yerekatte

As per the Census of India 2011, Yerekatte village had a population of 481. That makes it the 118th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents.

Yerekatte village has 260 males and 221 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yerekatte has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

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

Yerekatte covers 1191.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Yerekatte falls under Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Yerekatte is Kumsi, about 17 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 village for Yerekatte.

Yerekatte is about 35 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yerekatte is in Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district. Shikarpur is about 9.5 km away. Shikaripura is about 9.5 km away. Kumsi is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.