About Chikkachowti Village

Chikkachowti is a small village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 472, made up of 240 males and 232 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 387.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577413, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chikkachowti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikkachowti village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577413
Area (hectares)	387.13 hectares
Population	472
Male Population	240
Female Population	232
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	967
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikkachowti compares

By the 2011 count Chikkachowti is the 129th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 387.13 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Chikkachowti

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

Chikkachowti lies about 80 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Haveri, about 34 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 Chikkachowti
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	23 km
Nearest town	Hāngal	24 km
Nearest railway station	Haveri	34 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	80 km

Villages closest to Chikkachowti

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 Chikkachowti

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikkachowti village had a population of 472. That makes it the 129th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Chikkachowti village has 240 males and 232 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikkachowti has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Chikkachowti is 577413. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chikkachowti covers 387.13 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.

Chikkachowti falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Chikkachowti is Haveri, about 34 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 Chikkachowti.

Chikkachowti is about 80 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikkachowti is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 23 km away. Hāngal is about 24 km away. Haveri is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.