About Holekoppa Village

Holekoppa is a small village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 224, made up of 117 males and 107 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 397.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577434, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Holekoppa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Holekoppa village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577434
Area (hectares)	397.78 hectares
Population	224
Male Population	117
Female Population	107
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	915
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Holekoppa compares

By the 2011 count Holekoppa is the 209th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 397.78 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 Holekoppa

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

Holekoppa lies about 79 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 9.1 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 Holekoppa
Nearest railway station	Kanale	9.1 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	18 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	79 km

Villages closest to Holekoppa

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 Holekoppa

As per the Census of India 2011, Holekoppa village had a population of 224. That makes it the 209th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Holekoppa village has 117 males and 107 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Holekoppa has about 915 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 Holekoppa is 577434. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Holekoppa covers 397.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Holekoppa falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Holekoppa is Kanale, about 9.1 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 Holekoppa.

Holekoppa is about 79 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Holekoppa is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Kanale is about 9.1 km away. Sāgar is about 18 km away. Sorab is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.