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About Karjikoppa Village

Karjikoppa is a small village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 161, made up of 79 males and 82 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 470.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577434, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karjikoppa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karjikoppa village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Sorab
Pincode 577434
Area (hectares) 470.59 hectares
Population 161
Male Population 79
Female Population 82
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,038
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karjikoppa compares

By the 2011 count Karjikoppa is the 228th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 470.59 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Karjikoppa

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

Karjikoppa lies about 61 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Balegundi, about 15 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 Karjikoppa
Tehsil headquarters Sorab 11 km
Nearest railway station Balegundi 15 km
Nearest town Sāgar 18 km
District headquarters Shimoga 61 km

Villages closest to Karjikoppa

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.

Common questions about Karjikoppa

As per the Census of India 2011, Karjikoppa village had a population of 161. That makes it the 228th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Karjikoppa village has 79 males and 82 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karjikoppa has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

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

Karjikoppa covers 470.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karjikoppa falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Karjikoppa is Balegundi, about 15 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 Karjikoppa.

Karjikoppa is about 61 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karjikoppa is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 11 km away. Balegundi is about 15 km away. Sāgar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karekoppa (under 2 km), Brahmanavadasagadde (1.7 km) and N Sagadde (1.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Karjikoppa today is likely to be higher.

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