About Petlur Village

Petlur is a large village in Mudhol tehsil, in the district of Bagalkot, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,506, made up of 1,261 males and 1,245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1281.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 587122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Petlur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Petlur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bagalkot
Tehsil	Mudhol
Pincode	587122
Area (hectares)	1281.66 hectares
Population	2,506
Male Population	1,261
Female Population	1,245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	987
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Petlur compares

By the 2011 count Petlur is the 35th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,096 residents. Its 1281.66 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 1007.

Getting to Petlur

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

Petlur lies about 40 km from Bagalkot, and the nearest railway station is Kajjidoni, about 17 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 Petlur
Tehsil headquarters	Mudhol	12 km
Nearest railway station	Kajjidoni	17 km
District headquarters	Bagalkot	40 km

Villages closest to Petlur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Petlur village had a population of 2,506. That makes it the 35th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,096 residents.

Petlur village has 1,261 males and 1,245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Petlur has about 987 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 1007.

The pincode recorded for Petlur is 587122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Petlur covers 1281.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Petlur falls under Mudhol tehsil of Bagalkot district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Petlur is Kajjidoni, about 17 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 10+ km distance for Petlur.

Petlur is about 40 km from Bagalkot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Petlur is in Mudhol tehsil of Bagalkot district. Mudhol is about 12 km away. Kajjidoni is about 17 km away. Bagalkot is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.