About Algod Village

Algod is a small village in Siddapur tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 304, made up of 145 males and 159 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,097 females per 1000 males. The village covers 450.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581355, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Algod Overview

Census 2011 figures for Algod village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Siddapur
Pincode	581355
Area (hectares)	450.43 hectares
Population	304
Male Population	145
Female Population	159
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,097
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Algod compares

By the 2011 count Algod is the 112th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 427 residents. Its 450.43 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Algod

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

Algod lies about 49 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Talaguppa, about 14 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 Algod
Tehsil headquarters	Siddapur	8.8 km
Nearest railway station	Talaguppa	14 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	27 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	49 km

Villages closest to Algod

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Algod village had a population of 304. That makes it the 112th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 427 residents.

Algod village has 145 males and 159 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Algod has about 1097 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Algod is 581355. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Algod covers 450.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Algod falls under Siddapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Algod is Talaguppa, about 14 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 Algod.

Algod is about 49 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Algod is in Siddapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Siddapur is about 8.8 km away. Talaguppa is about 14 km away. Sāgar is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.