About Khandaka Village

Khandaka is a small village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 418, made up of 205 males and 213 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 436.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577414, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khandaka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khandaka village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577414
Area (hectares)	436.31 hectares
Population	418
Male Population	205
Female Population	213
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,039
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khandaka compares

By the 2011 count Khandaka is the 119th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 436.31 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Khandaka

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

Khandaka lies about 44 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, 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 Khandaka
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	11 km
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	28 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	34 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	44 km

Villages closest to Khandaka

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 Khandaka

As per the Census of India 2011, Khandaka village had a population of 418. That makes it the 119th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Khandaka village has 205 males and 213 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khandaka has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Khandaka is 577414. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khandaka covers 436.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khandaka falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Khandaka is Arasalu, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khandaka.

Khandaka is about 44 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khandaka is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 11 km away. Arasalu is about 28 km away. Someshwar is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.