About Morse Village

Morse is a small village in Kumta tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 165, made up of 87 males and 78 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2121.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581323, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Morse Overview

Census 2011 figures for Morse village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Kumta
Pincode	581323
Area (hectares)	2121.64 hectares
Population	165
Male Population	87
Female Population	78
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Morse compares

By the 2011 count Morse is the 88th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 2121.64 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Morse

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

Morse lies about 25 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Mirjan, about 26 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 Morse
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	25 km
Nearest railway station	Mirjan	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kumta	26 km

Villages closest to Morse

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.

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Common questions about Morse

As per the Census of India 2011, Morse village had a population of 165. That makes it the 88th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Morse village has 87 males and 78 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Morse has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Morse is 581323. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Morse covers 2121.64 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Morse is Mirjan, about 26 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 10+ km distance for Morse.

Morse is about 25 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Morse is in Kumta tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Uttara Kannada is about 25 km away. Mirjan is about 26 km away. Kumta is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.