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About Keregadde Village

Keregadde is a mid sized village in Siddapur tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 505, made up of 255 males and 250 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 460.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581340, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keregadde Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keregadde village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Siddapur
Pincode 581340
Area (hectares) 460.86 hectares
Population 505
Male Population 255
Female Population 250
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 980
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Keregadde compares

By the 2011 count Keregadde is the 58th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 427 residents. Its 460.86 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 a little below the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Keregadde

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

Keregadde lies about 29 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Talaguppa, about 36 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 Keregadde
Nearest town Sirsi 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Siddapur 23 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 29 km
Nearest railway station Talaguppa 36 km

Villages closest to Keregadde

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.

Common questions about Keregadde

As per the Census of India 2011, Keregadde village had a population of 505. That makes it the 58th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 427 residents.

Keregadde village has 255 males and 250 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keregadde has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Keregadde is 581340. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keregadde covers 460.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Keregadde is Talaguppa, about 36 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 Keregadde.

Keregadde is about 29 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keregadde is in Siddapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Sirsi is about 14 km away. Siddapur is about 23 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sarkuli (under 2 km), Kelgin Sarkuli (under 2 km) and Umbalmane (2.6 km).

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

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