About Kukke Village

Kukke is a small village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 444, made up of 212 males and 232 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,094 females per 1000 males. The village covers 398.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577232, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kukke Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kukke village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577232
Area (hectares)	398.32 hectares
Population	444
Male Population	212
Female Population	232
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,094
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kukke compares

By the 2011 count Kukke is the 110th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 398.32 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Kukke

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

Kukke lies about 34 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 27 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 Kukke
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	9.8 km
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	27 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	34 km
Nearest town	Shivamogga	34 km

Villages closest to Kukke

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 Kukke

As per the Census of India 2011, Kukke village had a population of 444. That makes it the 110th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Kukke village has 212 males and 232 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kukke has about 1094 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Kukke is 577232. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kukke covers 398.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kukke falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kukke is Arasalu, about 27 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 Kukke.

Kukke is about 34 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kukke is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 9.8 km away. Arasalu is about 27 km away. Shimoga is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.