About Avalagodu Village

Avalagodu is a small village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 120, made up of 55 males and 65 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,182 females per 1000 males. The village covers 186.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577434, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Avalagodu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Avalagodu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577434
Area (hectares)	186.78 hectares
Population	120
Male Population	55
Female Population	65
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,182
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Avalagodu compares

By the 2011 count Avalagodu is the 238th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 186.78 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 986.

Getting to Avalagodu

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

Avalagodu lies about 71 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, 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 Avalagodu
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	8.4 km
Nearest railway station	Kanale	14 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	17 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	71 km

Villages closest to Avalagodu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sorab 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 Avalagodu

As per the Census of India 2011, Avalagodu village had a population of 120. That makes it the 238th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Avalagodu village has 55 males and 65 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Avalagodu has about 1182 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Avalagodu is 577434. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Avalagodu covers 186.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Avalagodu falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Avalagodu is Kanale, 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 village for Avalagodu.

Avalagodu 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.

Avalagodu is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 8.4 km away. Kanale is about 14 km away. Sāgar is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.