About Chagaturu Village

Chagaturu is a mid sized village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 767, made up of 379 males and 388 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 313.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577419, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chagaturu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chagaturu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577419
Area (hectares)	313.95 hectares
Population	767
Male Population	379
Female Population	388
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,024
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chagaturu compares

By the 2011 count Chagaturu is the 79th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 313.95 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Chagaturu

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

Chagaturu lies about 89 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 39 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 Chagaturu
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	20 km
Nearest town	Hāngal	24 km
Nearest railway station	Kanale	39 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	89 km

Villages closest to Chagaturu

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 Chagaturu

As per the Census of India 2011, Chagaturu village had a population of 767. That makes it the 79th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Chagaturu village has 379 males and 388 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chagaturu has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Chagaturu is 577419. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chagaturu covers 313.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chagaturu falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Chagaturu is Kanale, about 39 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 Chagaturu.

Chagaturu is about 89 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chagaturu is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 20 km away. Hāngal is about 24 km away. Kanale is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.