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About Holekoppa Village

Holekoppa is a mid sized village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 591, made up of 295 males and 296 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 595.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Holekoppa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Holekoppa village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Tirthahalli
Pincode 577220
Area (hectares) 595.81 hectares
Population 591
Male Population 295
Female Population 296
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Holekoppa compares

By the 2011 count Holekoppa is the 74th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 595.81 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, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Holekoppa

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

Holekoppa lies about 50 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 46 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 Holekoppa
Tehsil headquarters Tirthahalli 11 km
Nearest town Someshwar 24 km
Nearest railway station Arasalu 46 km
District headquarters Shimoga 50 km

Villages closest to Holekoppa

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.

Common questions about Holekoppa

As per the Census of India 2011, Holekoppa village had a population of 591. That makes it the 74th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Holekoppa village has 295 males and 296 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Holekoppa has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Holekoppa is 577220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Holekoppa covers 595.81 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.

Holekoppa falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Holekoppa is Arasalu, about 46 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 Holekoppa.

Holekoppa 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.

Holekoppa is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 11 km away. Someshwar is about 24 km away. Arasalu is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basavani (under 2 km), Haluvani (1.9 km) and Hosaagrahara (1.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Holekoppa today is likely to be higher.

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