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About Venkanahalli Village

Venkanahalli is a small village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 174, made up of 86 males and 88 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 395.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Venkanahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Venkanahalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Tirthahalli
Pincode 577226
Area (hectares) 395.1 hectares
Population 174
Male Population 86
Female Population 88
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,023
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Venkanahalli compares

By the 2011 count Venkanahalli is the 192nd largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 395.1 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Venkanahalli

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

Venkanahalli lies about 27 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 22 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 Venkanahalli
Tehsil headquarters Tirthahalli 18 km
Nearest railway station Arasalu 22 km
District headquarters Shimoga 27 km
Nearest town Shivamogga 27 km

Villages closest to Venkanahalli

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 Venkanahalli

As per the Census of India 2011, Venkanahalli village had a population of 174. That makes it the 192nd largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Venkanahalli village has 86 males and 88 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Venkanahalli has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Venkanahalli is 577226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Venkanahalli covers 395.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Venkanahalli falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Venkanahalli is Arasalu, about 22 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 Venkanahalli.

Venkanahalli is about 27 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Venkanahalli is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 18 km away. Arasalu is about 22 km away. Shimoga is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kannangi (2.1 km), Jogikoppa (2.1 km) and Attigadde (2.8 km).

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

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