About Gerukoppa Village

Gerukoppa is a small village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 260, made up of 129 males and 131 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 155.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577428, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gerukoppa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gerukoppa village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577428
Area (hectares)	155.43 hectares
Population	260
Male Population	129
Female Population	131
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gerukoppa compares

By the 2011 count Gerukoppa is the 197th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 155.43 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Gerukoppa

Gerukoppa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gerukoppa as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Gerukoppa from other places

Gerukoppa lies about 64 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Balegundi, about 28 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 Gerukoppa
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	12 km
Nearest town	Shikaripura	21 km
Nearest railway station	Balegundi	28 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	64 km

Villages closest to Gerukoppa

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 Gerukoppa

As per the Census of India 2011, Gerukoppa village had a population of 260. That makes it the 197th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Gerukoppa village has 129 males and 131 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gerukoppa has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Gerukoppa is 577428. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gerukoppa covers 155.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gerukoppa falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gerukoppa is Balegundi, about 28 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gerukoppa.

Gerukoppa is about 64 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gerukoppa is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 12 km away. Shikaripura is about 21 km away. Balegundi is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.