About Narchi Village

Narchi is a small village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 238, made up of 114 males and 124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,088 females per 1000 males. The village covers 194.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Narchi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Narchi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577429
Area (hectares)	194.16 hectares
Population	238
Male Population	114
Female Population	124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,088
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Narchi compares

By the 2011 count Narchi is the 203rd largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 194.16 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Narchi

Narchi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Narchi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Narchi from other places

Narchi lies about 91 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 27 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 Narchi
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	20 km
Nearest town	Sirsi	20 km
Nearest railway station	Kanale	27 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	91 km

Villages closest to Narchi

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 Narchi

As per the Census of India 2011, Narchi village had a population of 238. That makes it the 203rd largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Narchi village has 114 males and 124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Narchi has about 1088 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Narchi is 577429. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Narchi covers 194.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Narchi falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Narchi is Kanale, about 27 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 5 - 10 km distance for Narchi.

Narchi is about 91 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Narchi is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 20 km away. Sirsi is about 20 km away. Kanale is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.