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About Veerapura Village

Veerapura 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 1,479, made up of 815 males and 664 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 815 females per 1000 males. The village covers 251.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 561203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Veerapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Veerapura village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bangalore Rural
Tehsil Dod Ballapur
Pincode 561203
Area (hectares) 251.98 hectares
Population 1,479
Male Population 815
Female Population 664
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 815
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Veerapura compares

By the 2011 count Veerapura is the 28th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 732 residents. Its 251.98 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Veerapura

Veerapura is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Veerapura as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Veerapura from other places

Veerapura lies about 34 km from Bangalore Rural, and the nearest railway station is Thondebhavi, about 7.0 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 Veerapura
Nearest railway station Thondebhavi 7.0 km
Nearest town Gauribidanur 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Dod Ballapur 26 km
District headquarters Bangalore Rural 34 km

Villages closest to Veerapura

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.

Common questions about Veerapura

As per the Census of India 2011, Veerapura village had a population of 1,479. That makes it the 28th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 732 residents.

Veerapura village has 815 males and 664 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Veerapura has about 815 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

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

Veerapura covers 251.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Veerapura is Thondebhavi, about 7.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Veerapura.

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

Veerapura is in Dod Ballapur tehsil of Bangalore Rural district. Thondebhavi is about 7.0 km away. Gauribidanur is about 11 km away. Dod Ballapur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Byrapura (under 2 km), Jodi Karapura (under 2 km) and Pura (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Veerapura today is likely to be higher.

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