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About Doddagoraghatta Village

Doddagoraghatta is a mid sized village in Turuvekere tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,163, made up of 561 males and 602 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,073 females per 1000 males. The village covers 345.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Doddagoraghatta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doddagoraghatta village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Tumkur
Tehsil Turuvekere
Pincode 572220
Area (hectares) 345.44 hectares
Population 1,163
Male Population 561
Female Population 602
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,073
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Doddagoraghatta compares

By the 2011 count Doddagoraghatta is the 28th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 653 residents. Its 345.44 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Doddagoraghatta

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

Doddagoraghatta lies about 38 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Sampige Road, about 10 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 Doddagoraghatta
Nearest railway station Sampige Road 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Turuvekere 14 km
Nearest town Kunigal 31 km
District headquarters Tumkur 38 km

Villages closest to Doddagoraghatta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Doddagoraghatta village had a population of 1,163. That makes it the 28th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 653 residents.

Doddagoraghatta village has 561 males and 602 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doddagoraghatta has about 1073 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Doddagoraghatta is 572220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Doddagoraghatta covers 345.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Doddagoraghatta falls under Turuvekere tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Doddagoraghatta is Sampige Road, about 10 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 Doddagoraghatta.

Doddagoraghatta is about 38 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doddagoraghatta is in Turuvekere tehsil of Tumkur district. Sampige Road is about 10 km away. Turuvekere is about 14 km away. Kunigal is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chikkagoraghatta (under 2 km), Ayarahalli (under 2 km) and Chimmanahalli (2.0 km).

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

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