About Kolur Village

Kolur is a mid sized village in Dod Ballapur tehsil, in the district of Bangalore Rural, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 991, made up of 517 males and 474 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 547.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 561203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kolur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kolur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bangalore Rural
Tehsil	Dod Ballapur
Pincode	561203
Area (hectares)	547.7 hectares
Population	991
Male Population	517
Female Population	474
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kolur compares

By the 2011 count Kolur is the 59th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 732 residents. Its 547.7 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Kolur

Kolur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kolur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kolur from other places

Kolur lies about 14 km from Bangalore Rural, and the nearest railway station is Oddarahalli, about 3.6 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 Kolur
Nearest railway station	Oddarahalli	3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dod Ballapur	5.9 km
Nearest town	Doddaballapura	5.9 km
District headquarters	Bangalore Rural	14 km

Villages closest to Kolur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dod Ballapur 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 Kolur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kolur village had a population of 991. That makes it the 59th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 732 residents.

Kolur village has 517 males and 474 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kolur has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Kolur is 561203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kolur covers 547.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kolur falls under Dod Ballapur tehsil of Bangalore Rural district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kolur is Oddarahalli, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kolur.

Kolur is about 14 km from Bangalore Rural in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kolur is in Dod Ballapur tehsil of Bangalore Rural district. Oddarahalli is about 3.6 km away. Dod Ballapur is about 5.9 km away. Doddaballapura is about 5.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.