About Bettadakurli Village

Bettadakurli is a mid sized village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 700, made up of 362 males and 338 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 598.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bettadakurli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bettadakurli village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577429
Area (hectares)	598.48 hectares
Population	700
Male Population	362
Female Population	338
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bettadakurli compares

By the 2011 count Bettadakurli is the 87th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 598.48 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Bettadakurli

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

Bettadakurli lies about 77 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 37 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 Bettadakurli
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	14 km
Nearest town	Hāngal	30 km
Nearest railway station	Kanale	37 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	77 km

Villages closest to Bettadakurli

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 Bettadakurli

As per the Census of India 2011, Bettadakurli village had a population of 700. That makes it the 87th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Bettadakurli village has 362 males and 338 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bettadakurli has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Bettadakurli is 577429. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bettadakurli covers 598.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bettadakurli falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Bettadakurli is Kanale, about 37 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 Bettadakurli.

Bettadakurli is about 77 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bettadakurli is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 14 km away. Hāngal is about 30 km away. Kanale is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.