About Kolgunisi Village

Kolgunisi is a mid sized village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 511, made up of 254 males and 257 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 486.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577428, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kolgunisi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kolgunisi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577428
Area (hectares)	486.42 hectares
Population	511
Male Population	254
Female Population	257
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,012
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kolgunisi compares

By the 2011 count Kolgunisi is the 122nd largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 486.42 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 Kolgunisi

Kolgunisi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kolgunisi 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kolgunisi from other places

Kolgunisi lies about 61 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Adderi, 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 Kolgunisi
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	14 km
Nearest town	Shikaripura	18 km
Nearest railway station	Adderi	26 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	61 km

Villages closest to Kolgunisi

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 Kolgunisi

As per the Census of India 2011, Kolgunisi village had a population of 511. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Kolgunisi village has 254 males and 257 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kolgunisi has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

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

Kolgunisi covers 486.42 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.

Kolgunisi falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kolgunisi is Adderi, about 26 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Kolgunisi.

Kolgunisi 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.

Kolgunisi is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 14 km away. Shikaripura is about 18 km away. Adderi is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.