About Kolige Village

Kolige is a mid sized village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 551, made up of 249 males and 302 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,213 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577422, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kolige Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kolige village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577422
Area (hectares)	92.88 hectares
Population	551
Male Population	249
Female Population	302
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,213
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kolige compares

By the 2011 count Kolige is the 81st largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 92.88 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Kolige

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

Kolige lies about 48 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 41 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 Kolige
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	6.4 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	25 km
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	41 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	48 km

Villages closest to Kolige

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 Kolige

As per the Census of India 2011, Kolige village had a population of 551. That makes it the 81st largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Kolige village has 249 males and 302 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kolige has about 1213 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Kolige is 577422. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kolige covers 92.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kolige falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kolige is Arasalu, about 41 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 Kolige.

Kolige is about 48 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kolige is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 6.4 km away. Someshwar is about 25 km away. Arasalu is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.