About Kakkarasi Village

Kakkarasi is a small village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 418, made up of 207 males and 211 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 337.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577434, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kakkarasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kakkarasi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577434
Area (hectares)	337.57 hectares
Population	418
Male Population	207
Female Population	211
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kakkarasi compares

By the 2011 count Kakkarasi is the 150th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 337.57 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 Kakkarasi

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

Kakkarasi lies about 74 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 17 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 Kakkarasi
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	6.0 km
Nearest railway station	Kanale	17 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	21 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	74 km

Villages closest to Kakkarasi

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 Kakkarasi

As per the Census of India 2011, Kakkarasi village had a population of 418. That makes it the 150th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Kakkarasi village has 207 males and 211 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kakkarasi has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Kakkarasi is 577434. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kakkarasi covers 337.57 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.

Kakkarasi falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kakkarasi is Kanale, about 17 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 Kakkarasi.

Kakkarasi is about 74 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kakkarasi is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 6.0 km away. Kanale is about 17 km away. Sāgar is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.