About Makoppa Village

Makoppa is a small village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 291, made up of 151 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577419, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makoppa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makoppa village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577419
Area (hectares)	68.82 hectares
Population	291
Male Population	151
Female Population	140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Makoppa compares

By the 2011 count Makoppa is the 192nd largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 68.82 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Makoppa

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

Makoppa lies about 91 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 41 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 Makoppa
Nearest town	Hāngal	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	23 km
Nearest railway station	Kanale	41 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	91 km

Villages closest to Makoppa

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 Makoppa

As per the Census of India 2011, Makoppa village had a population of 291. That makes it the 192nd largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Makoppa village has 151 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makoppa has about 927 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 Makoppa is 577419. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makoppa covers 68.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makoppa falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Makoppa is Kanale, about 41 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 Makoppa.

Makoppa is about 91 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makoppa is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Hāngal is about 22 km away. Sorab is about 23 km away. Kanale is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.