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- LGD code
- 603387
- Pincode
- 581357
- Post office
- Vandige
- Population
- 587
- Households
- 143
- Literacy rate
- 70.5%
- Sex ratio
- 894 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 312
- Distance to district centre
- 54 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 12 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 391 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 523 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gokarna Road · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kodsani compares
By population, Kodsani ranks #41 of 80 villages in Ankola mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.5%
−4.6% vs mandal average
Kodsani70.5%
Ankola mandal75.1%
Uttara Kannada district75.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
894
−85 vs mandal average
Kodsani894
Ankola mandal979
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.1 vs mandal average
Kodsani4.1
Ankola mandal4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kodsani at a glance
Kodsani is a village of 587 people in 143 households (Census 2011) in Ankola taluk, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, the 41st-largest of 80 villages in Ankola taluk. Literacy is 71%, 5 points below the taluk average of 75% and the sex ratio is 894 women per 1,000 men. It lies 54 km from the Uttara Kannada district centre, 30 km from Haldipur, the nearest town, 3 km from Gokarna Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 581357, served by Vandige post office; the LGD village code is 603387. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 4 km away. The village votes in Karwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Satish Krishna Sail. The population is estimated at 692 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kodsani
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ANKOLA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 46
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- AGSUR
- Total area (ha)
- 550.17
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 3.74
- Forest area (ha)
- 420.74
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Kodsani
- LGD code
- 603387
- Pincode
- 581357
- Post office
- Vandige
- Population (Census 2011)
- 587
- Population (projected 2026)
- 692
- Households
- 143
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 894
- Literacy rate
- 70.5%
- Coordinates
- 14.60283°N, 74.38261°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Uttara Kannada
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Karwar
- Member of Parliament
- Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Satish Krishna Sail
- Block / Mandal
- Ankola
- Nearest railway station
- Gokarna Road (2.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Kodsani
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bengaluru391 kmcapital
- Mumbai523 km
- Hyderabad537 km
- Chennai658 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGokarna Road3 km
- Bus stopPrivate Bus Stop3 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankHDFC9 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum3 km
- CollegeSDM College36 km
- Police stationPolice Station36 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Gokarna Road2.6 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-28
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)