About Karekoppa Village

Karekoppa is a small village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 484, made up of 239 males and 245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 379.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577447, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karekoppa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karekoppa village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577447
Area (hectares)	379.48 hectares
Population	484
Male Population	239
Female Population	245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karekoppa compares

By the 2011 count Karekoppa is the 126th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 379.48 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 Karekoppa

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

Karekoppa lies about 61 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Balegundi, about 15 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 Karekoppa
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	11 km
Nearest railway station	Balegundi	15 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	18 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	61 km

Villages closest to Karekoppa

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 Karekoppa

As per the Census of India 2011, Karekoppa village had a population of 484. That makes it the 126th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Karekoppa village has 239 males and 245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karekoppa has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Karekoppa is 577447. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karekoppa covers 379.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karekoppa falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Karekoppa is Balegundi, about 15 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 Karekoppa.

Karekoppa 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.

Karekoppa is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 11 km away. Balegundi is about 15 km away. Sāgar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.