About Chikkasavi Village

Chikkasavi is a mid sized village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 531, made up of 273 males and 258 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 408.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577447, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chikkasavi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikkasavi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577447
Area (hectares)	408.62 hectares
Population	531
Male Population	273
Female Population	258
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	945
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikkasavi compares

By the 2011 count Chikkasavi is the 117th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 408.62 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 Chikkasavi

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

Chikkasavi lies about 58 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Adderi, about 23 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 Chikkasavi
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	15 km
Nearest town	Shikaripura	16 km
Nearest railway station	Adderi	23 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	58 km

Villages closest to Chikkasavi

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 Chikkasavi

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikkasavi village had a population of 531. That makes it the 117th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Chikkasavi village has 273 males and 258 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikkasavi has about 945 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 Chikkasavi is 577447. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chikkasavi covers 408.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chikkasavi falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Chikkasavi is Adderi, about 23 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 Chikkasavi.

Chikkasavi is about 58 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikkasavi is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 15 km away. Shikaripura is about 16 km away. Adderi is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.