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About Adigon Village

Adigon is a mid sized village in Ankola tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 712, made up of 339 males and 373 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,100 females per 1000 males. The village covers 282.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581357, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Adigon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Adigon village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Ankola
Pincode 581357
Area (hectares) 282.14 hectares
Population 712
Male Population 339
Female Population 373
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,100
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Adigon compares

By the 2011 count Adigon is the 35th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 979 residents. Its 282.14 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Adigon

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

Adigon lies about 26 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Gokarna Road, about 5.1 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 Adigon
Nearest railway station Gokarna Road 5.1 km
Nearest town Gokarna 5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Ankola 7.2 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 26 km

Villages closest to Adigon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Adigon village had a population of 712. That makes it the 35th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 979 residents.

Adigon village has 339 males and 373 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Adigon has about 1100 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Adigon is 581357. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Adigon covers 282.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Adigon falls under Ankola tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Adigon is Gokarna Road, about 5.1 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 Adigon.

Adigon is about 26 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Adigon is in Ankola tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Gokarna Road is about 5.1 km away. Gokarna is about 5.4 km away. Ankola is about 7.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Agragon (under 2 km), Hegre (under 2 km) and Kanagil (2.3 km).

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

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