About Gudavi Village

Gudavi is a mid sized village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,536, made up of 779 males and 757 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1382.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gudavi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gudavi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577429
Area (hectares)	1382.3 hectares
Population	1,536
Male Population	779
Female Population	757
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	972
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gudavi compares

By the 2011 count Gudavi is the 25th 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 1382.3 hectares work out to about 1.1 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Gudavi

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

Gudavi lies about 83 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 26 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 Gudavi
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	12 km
Nearest railway station	Kanale	26 km
Nearest town	Sirsi	27 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	83 km

Villages closest to Gudavi

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 Gudavi

As per the Census of India 2011, Gudavi village had a population of 1,536. That makes it the 25th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Gudavi village has 779 males and 757 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gudavi has about 972 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Gudavi is 577429. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gudavi covers 1382.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gudavi falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gudavi is Kanale, about 26 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 Gudavi.

Gudavi is about 83 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gudavi is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 12 km away. Kanale is about 26 km away. Sirsi is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.