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About Neggu Village

Neggu is a mid sized village in Sirsi tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 699, made up of 345 males and 354 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 699.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581450, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Neggu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Neggu village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Sirsi
Pincode 581450
Area (hectares) 699.94 hectares
Population 699
Male Population 345
Female Population 354
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,026
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Neggu compares

By the 2011 count Neggu is the 49th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 548 residents. Its 699.94 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Neggu

Neggu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Neggu as Available within <5 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 Neggu from other places

Neggu lies about 25 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Mirjan, about 37 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 Neggu
Tehsil headquarters Sirsi 9.7 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 25 km
Nearest railway station Mirjan 37 km

Villages closest to Neggu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Neggu village had a population of 699. That makes it the 49th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 548 residents.

Neggu village has 345 males and 354 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Neggu has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Neggu is 581450. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Neggu covers 699.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Neggu falls under Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Neggu is Mirjan, about 37 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Neggu.

Neggu 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.

Neggu is in Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Sirsi is about 9.7 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 25 km away. Mirjan is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kodgibail (under 2 km), Golikatta (1.8 km) and Uratota (2.9 km).

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

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