About Kotekoppa Village

Kotekoppa is a small village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 265, made up of 131 males and 134 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 352.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577419, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotekoppa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotekoppa village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577419
Area (hectares)	352.27 hectares
Population	265
Male Population	131
Female Population	134
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,023
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotekoppa compares

By the 2011 count Kotekoppa is the 195th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 352.27 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 Kotekoppa

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

Kotekoppa lies about 85 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 40 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 Kotekoppa
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	19 km
Nearest town	Hāngal	24 km
Nearest railway station	Kanale	40 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	85 km

Villages closest to Kotekoppa

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 Kotekoppa

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotekoppa village had a population of 265. That makes it the 195th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Kotekoppa village has 131 males and 134 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotekoppa has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Kotekoppa is 577419. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotekoppa covers 352.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kotekoppa falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kotekoppa is Kanale, about 40 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 Kotekoppa.

Kotekoppa is about 85 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotekoppa is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 19 km away. Hāngal is about 24 km away. Kanale is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.