About Negavadi Village

Negavadi is a large village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,001, made up of 1,047 males and 954 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 878.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577433, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Negavadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Negavadi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577433
Area (hectares)	878.46 hectares
Population	2,001
Male Population	1,047
Female Population	954
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	911
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Negavadi compares

By the 2011 count Negavadi is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 878.46 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 Negavadi

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

Negavadi lies about 76 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Byadgi, about 38 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 Negavadi
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	18 km
Nearest town	Hāngal	29 km
Nearest railway station	Byadgi	38 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	76 km

Villages closest to Negavadi

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 Negavadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Negavadi village had a population of 2,001. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Negavadi village has 1,047 males and 954 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Negavadi has about 911 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 Negavadi is 577433. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Negavadi covers 878.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Negavadi falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Negavadi is Byadgi, about 38 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 Negavadi.

Negavadi is about 76 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Negavadi is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 18 km away. Hāngal is about 29 km away. Byadgi is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.