About Thekkuru Village

Thekkuru is a small village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 428, made up of 221 males and 207 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 548.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thekkuru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thekkuru village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577429
Area (hectares)	548.04 hectares
Population	428
Male Population	221
Female Population	207
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	937
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Thekkuru compares

By the 2011 count Thekkuru is the 143rd largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 548.04 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Thekkuru

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

Thekkuru lies about 82 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 29 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 Thekkuru
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	11 km
Nearest town	Sirsi	28 km
Nearest railway station	Kanale	29 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	82 km

Villages closest to Thekkuru

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 Thekkuru

As per the Census of India 2011, Thekkuru village had a population of 428. That makes it the 143rd largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Thekkuru village has 221 males and 207 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thekkuru has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

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

Thekkuru covers 548.04 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.

Thekkuru falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Thekkuru is Kanale, about 29 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 Thekkuru.

Thekkuru is about 82 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thekkuru is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 11 km away. Sirsi is about 28 km away. Kanale is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.