About Kaiga Village

Kaiga is a small village in Karwar tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 238, made up of 121 males and 117 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4055.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581400, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kaiga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kaiga village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Karwar
Pincode	581400
Area (hectares)	4055.88 hectares
Population	238
Male Population	121
Female Population	117
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	967
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kaiga compares

By the 2011 count Kaiga is the 44th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,489 residents. Its 4055.88 hectares work out to about 0.1 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 1019.

Getting to Kaiga

Kaiga is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kaiga as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Kaiga from other places

Kaiga lies about 24 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Harwada, 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 Kaiga
Nearest railway station	Harwada	23 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	24 km
Nearest town	Ankola	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karwar	34 km

Villages closest to Kaiga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kaiga village had a population of 238. That makes it the 44th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,489 residents.

Kaiga village has 121 males and 117 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kaiga has about 967 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 1019.

The pincode recorded for Kaiga is 581400. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kaiga covers 4055.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kaiga falls under Karwar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kaiga is Harwada, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kaiga.

Kaiga is about 24 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kaiga is in Karwar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Harwada is about 23 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 24 km away. Ankola is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.