About Sankadagundi Village

Sankadagundi is a small village in Yellapur tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 138, made up of 70 males and 68 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 86.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581347, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sankadagundi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sankadagundi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Yellapur
Pincode	581347
Area (hectares)	86.45 hectares
Population	138
Male Population	70
Female Population	68
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	971
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sankadagundi compares

By the 2011 count Sankadagundi is the 90th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 86.45 hectares work out to about 1.6 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Sankadagundi

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

Sankadagundi lies about 34 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Mirjan, about 55 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 Sankadagundi
Nearest town	Sirsi	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Yellapur	22 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	34 km
Nearest railway station	Mirjan	55 km

Villages closest to Sankadagundi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sankadagundi village had a population of 138. That makes it the 90th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Sankadagundi village has 70 males and 68 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sankadagundi has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Sankadagundi is 581347. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sankadagundi covers 86.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sankadagundi falls under Yellapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Sankadagundi is Mirjan, about 55 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 5 - 10 km distance for Sankadagundi.

Sankadagundi is about 34 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sankadagundi is in Yellapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Sirsi is about 21 km away. Yellapur is about 22 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.