About Kulaga Village

Kulaga is a small village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 422, made up of 212 males and 210 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 570.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577419, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kulaga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kulaga village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577419
Area (hectares)	570.25 hectares
Population	422
Male Population	212
Female Population	210
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	991
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kulaga compares

By the 2011 count Kulaga is the 147th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 570.25 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 Kulaga

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

Kulaga lies about 82 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 31 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 Kulaga
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	12 km
Nearest town	Sirsi	28 km
Nearest railway station	Kanale	31 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	82 km

Villages closest to Kulaga

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 Kulaga

As per the Census of India 2011, Kulaga village had a population of 422. That makes it the 147th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Kulaga village has 212 males and 210 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kulaga has about 991 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 Kulaga is 577419. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kulaga covers 570.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kulaga falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kulaga is Kanale, about 31 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 Kulaga.

Kulaga is about 82 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kulaga is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 12 km away. Sirsi is about 28 km away. Kanale is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.