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- LGD code
- 618080
- Pincode
- 571213
- Post office
- Gonikoppal
- Population
- 1,893
- Households
- 500
- Literacy rate
- 66.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1035 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 955
- Distance to district centre
- 40 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 53 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 195 km
- Distance to Chennai
- 475 km
- Nearest railway station
- Krishnaraja Nagar · 53 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Life Line Hospital, Kodagu · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhanugala compares
By population, Dhanugala ranks #17 of 44 villages in Ponnampet mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.8%
−1.3% vs mandal average
- Dhanugala
- 66.8%
- Ponnampet mandal
- 68.1%
- Kodagu district
- 74.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,035
+10 vs mandal average
- Dhanugala
- 1,035
- Ponnampet mandal
- 1,025
Household size
people per home
3.8
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Dhanugala
- 3.8
- Ponnampet mandal
- 3.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhanugala at a glance
Dhanugala is a village of 1,893 people in 500 households (Census 2011) in Ponnampet taluk, Kodagu district, Karnataka, the 17th-largest of 44 villages in Ponnampet taluk. Literacy is 67%, 1 points below the taluk average of 68% and the sex ratio is 1,035 women per 1,000 men. It lies 40 km from the Kodagu district centre, 32 km from Ayyankunnu, the nearest town, 53 km from Krishnaraja Nagar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 571213, served by Gonikoppal post office; the LGD village code is 618080. The nearest hospital or health centre is Life Line Hospital, Kodagu, 7 km away. The village votes in Krishnarajanagara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ravishankar D. The population is estimated at 2,232 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhanugala
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- VIRAJPET
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 23
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 23
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MAYAMUDI
- Total area (ha)
- 1,051.52
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhanugala
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Key facts — Dhanugala
- LGD code
- 618080
- Pincode
- 571213
- Post office
- Gonikoppal
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,893
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,232
- Households
- 500
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1035
- Literacy rate
- 66.8%
- Coordinates
- 12.17414°N, 75.99026°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mandya
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Krishnarajanagara
- Member of Parliament
- H. D. Kumaraswamy
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ravishankar D
- Block / Mandal
- Ponnampet
- Nearest bank
- Vijaya Bank (2.1 km)
Getting there
How to reach Dhanugala
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bengaluru195 kmcapital
- Chennai475 km
- Hyderabad639 km
- Mumbai837 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKrishnaraja Nagar53 km
- Bus stopPalibetta11 km
- Hospital / PHCLife Line Hospital, Kodagu7 km
- ATM / bankVijaya Bank2 km
- Petrol pumpSri Nivasa Petroleum6 km
- CollegeGovernment Engineering College31 km
- Police stationKutta Police Station24 km
Nearest to the village
- Bank / ATM
- Vijaya Bank2.1 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)