About Kavadi Village

Kavadi is a mid sized village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 543, made up of 287 males and 256 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 590.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577447, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kavadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kavadi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577447
Area (hectares)	590.96 hectares
Population	543
Male Population	287
Female Population	256
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kavadi compares

By the 2011 count Kavadi is the 116th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 590.96 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Kavadi

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

Kavadi lies about 57 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Adderi, about 22 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 Kavadi
Nearest town	Shikaripura	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	16 km
Nearest railway station	Adderi	22 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	57 km

Villages closest to Kavadi

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 Kavadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Kavadi village had a population of 543. That makes it the 116th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Kavadi village has 287 males and 256 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kavadi has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 986.

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

Kavadi covers 590.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kavadi falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kavadi is Adderi, about 22 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 Kavadi.

Kavadi is about 57 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kavadi is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Shikaripura is about 15 km away. Sorab is about 16 km away. Adderi is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.