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About Thavanandi Village

Thavanandi is a mid sized village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,457, made up of 723 males and 734 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1074.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thavanandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thavanandi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Sorab
Pincode 577429
Area (hectares) 1074.17 hectares
Population 1,457
Male Population 723
Female Population 734
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,015
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Thavanandi compares

By the 2011 count Thavanandi is the 27th 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 1074.17 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 Thavanandi

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

Thavanandi lies about 78 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 28 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 Thavanandi
Tehsil headquarters Sorab 7.3 km
Nearest railway station Kanale 28 km
Nearest town Sāgar 32 km
District headquarters Shimoga 78 km

Villages closest to Thavanandi

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.

Common questions about Thavanandi

As per the Census of India 2011, Thavanandi village had a population of 1,457. That makes it the 27th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Thavanandi village has 723 males and 734 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thavanandi has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

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

Thavanandi covers 1074.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Thavanandi falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Thavanandi is Kanale, about 28 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 Thavanandi.

Thavanandi is about 78 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thavanandi is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 7.3 km away. Kanale is about 28 km away. Sāgar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bilavagodu (2.0 km), Sarekoppa (2.6 km) and Thyavagodu (3.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Thavanandi today is likely to be higher.

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