About Alageri Village

Alageri is a mid sized village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 506, made up of 261 males and 245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 430.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577432, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alageri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alageri village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577432
Area (hectares)	430.7 hectares
Population	506
Male Population	261
Female Population	245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	939
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Alageri compares

By the 2011 count Alageri is the 87th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 430.7 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1033.

Getting to Alageri

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

Alageri lies about 50 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, 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 Alageri
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	5.5 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	24 km
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	40 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	50 km

Villages closest to Alageri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tirthahalli 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 Alageri

As per the Census of India 2011, Alageri village had a population of 506. That makes it the 87th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Alageri village has 261 males and 245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alageri has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Alageri is 577432. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alageri covers 430.7 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.

Alageri falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Alageri is Arasalu, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Alageri.

Alageri is about 50 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alageri is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 5.5 km away. Someshwar is about 24 km away. Arasalu is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.