About Bharangi Village

Bharangi is a mid sized village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,556, made up of 803 males and 753 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 803.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577413, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bharangi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bharangi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577413
Area (hectares)	803.07 hectares
Population	1,556
Male Population	803
Female Population	753
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bharangi compares

By the 2011 count Bharangi is the 20th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 803.07 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 Bharangi

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

Bharangi lies about 77 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Byadgi, about 30 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 Bharangi
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	26 km
Nearest town	Hāngal	27 km
Nearest railway station	Byadgi	30 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	77 km

Villages closest to Bharangi

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 Bharangi

As per the Census of India 2011, Bharangi village had a population of 1,556. That makes it the 20th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Bharangi village has 803 males and 753 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bharangi has about 938 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 Bharangi is 577413. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bharangi covers 803.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bharangi falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Bharangi is Byadgi, about 30 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 Bharangi.

Bharangi 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.

Bharangi is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 26 km away. Hāngal is about 27 km away. Byadgi is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.