About Shigga Village

Shigga is a mid sized village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,559, made up of 778 males and 781 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 912.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577434, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shigga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shigga village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577434
Area (hectares)	912.16 hectares
Population	1,559
Male Population	778
Female Population	781
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,004
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shigga compares

By the 2011 count Shigga is the 19th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 912.16 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 Shigga

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

Shigga lies about 60 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Balegundi, about 19 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 Shigga
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	12 km
Nearest railway station	Balegundi	19 km
Nearest town	Shikaripura	20 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	60 km

Villages closest to Shigga

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 Shigga

As per the Census of India 2011, Shigga village had a population of 1,559. That makes it the 19th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Shigga village has 778 males and 781 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shigga has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

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

Shigga covers 912.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shigga falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Shigga is Balegundi, about 19 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 Shigga.

Shigga is about 60 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shigga is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 12 km away. Balegundi is about 19 km away. Shikaripura is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.