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About Divgi Village

Divgi is a large village in Kumta tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,357, made up of 1,731 males and 1,626 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 582.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581362, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Divgi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Divgi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Kumta
Pincode 581362
Area (hectares) 582.86 hectares
Population 3,357
Male Population 1,731
Female Population 1,626
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 939
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Divgi compares

By the 2011 count Divgi is the 6th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 582.86 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Divgi

Divgi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Divgi 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Divgi from other places

Divgi lies about 27 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Kumta, about 2.5 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 Divgi
Nearest railway station Kumta 2.5 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 27 km

Villages closest to Divgi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Divgi village had a population of 3,357. That makes it the 6th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Divgi village has 1,731 males and 1,626 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Divgi has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Divgi is 581362. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Divgi covers 582.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Divgi falls under Kumta tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Divgi is Kumta, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Divgi.

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

Divgi is in Kumta tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Kumta is about 2.5 km away. Uttara Kannada 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 Manaki (under 2 km), Karkimakki (2.2 km) and Hegde (3.2 km).

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

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