About Kikkeri Village

Kikkeri is a small village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 254, made up of 126 males and 128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 813.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kikkeri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kikkeri village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577226
Area (hectares)	813.57 hectares
Population	254
Male Population	126
Female Population	128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kikkeri compares

By the 2011 count Kikkeri is the 165th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 813.57 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 Kikkeri

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

Kikkeri lies about 22 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kotegangoor, about 23 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 Kikkeri
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	22 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	22 km
Nearest town	Shivamogga	22 km
Nearest railway station	Kotegangoor	23 km

Villages closest to Kikkeri

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 Kikkeri

As per the Census of India 2011, Kikkeri village had a population of 254. That makes it the 165th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Kikkeri village has 126 males and 128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kikkeri has about 1016 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 Kikkeri is 577226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kikkeri covers 813.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kikkeri falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kikkeri is Kotegangoor, about 23 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 10+ km distance for Kikkeri.

Kikkeri is about 22 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kikkeri is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 22 km away. Shimoga is about 22 km away. Shivamogga is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.