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About Doddamavathur Village

Doddamavathur is a mid sized village in Kunigal tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 799, made up of 402 males and 397 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 497.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572130, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Doddamavathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doddamavathur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Tumkur
Tehsil Kunigal
Pincode 572130
Area (hectares) 497.32 hectares
Population 799
Male Population 402
Female Population 397
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 988
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Doddamavathur compares

By the 2011 count Doddamavathur is the 74th largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 497.32 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Doddamavathur

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

Doddamavathur lies about 50 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Kunigal, about 13 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 Doddamavathur
Nearest railway station Kunigal 13 km
District headquarters Tumkur 50 km

Villages closest to Doddamavathur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kunigal 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 Doddamavathur

As per the Census of India 2011, Doddamavathur village had a population of 799. That makes it the 74th largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Doddamavathur village has 402 males and 397 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doddamavathur has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Doddamavathur is 572130. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Doddamavathur covers 497.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Doddamavathur falls under Kunigal tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Doddamavathur is Kunigal, about 13 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 village for Doddamavathur.

Doddamavathur is about 50 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doddamavathur is in Kunigal tehsil of Tumkur district. Kunigal is about 13 km away. Tumkur is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chikkamavathur (under 2 km), Madappanahalli (2.1 km) and Nagathihalli (3.1 km).

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

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