About Karekoppa Village

Karekoppa is a small village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 17, made up of 7 males and 10 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,429 females per 1000 males. The village covers 28.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577422, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karekoppa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karekoppa village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577422
Area (hectares)	28.2 hectares
Population	17
Male Population	7
Female Population	10
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,429
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karekoppa compares

By the 2011 count Karekoppa is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 28.2 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 Karekoppa

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

Karekoppa lies about 45 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 39 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 Karekoppa
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	4.9 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	28 km
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	39 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	45 km

Villages closest to Karekoppa

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 Karekoppa

As per the Census of India 2011, Karekoppa village had a population of 17. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Karekoppa village has 7 males and 10 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karekoppa has about 1429 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

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

Karekoppa covers 28.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karekoppa falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Karekoppa is Arasalu, about 39 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 Karekoppa.

Karekoppa is about 45 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karekoppa is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 4.9 km away. Someshwar is about 28 km away. Arasalu is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.