About Ganagalur Village

Ganagalur is a mid sized village in Hosakote tehsil, in the district of Bangalore Rural, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,015, made up of 516 males and 499 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 421.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 562114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ganagalur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ganagalur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bangalore Rural
Tehsil	Hosakote
Pincode	562114
Area (hectares)	421.29 hectares
Population	1,015
Male Population	516
Female Population	499
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	967
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ganagalur compares

By the 2011 count Ganagalur is the 65th largest of the 253 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 820 residents. Its 421.29 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Ganagalur

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

Ganagalur lies about 46 km from Bangalore Rural, and the nearest railway station is Devangonthi, about 8.6 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 Ganagalur
Nearest railway station	Devangonthi	8.6 km
Nearest town	Mālūr	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hosakote	19 km
District headquarters	Bangalore Rural	46 km

Villages closest to Ganagalur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ganagalur village had a population of 1,015. That makes it the 65th largest of the 253 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 820 residents.

Ganagalur village has 516 males and 499 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ganagalur has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Ganagalur is 562114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ganagalur covers 421.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ganagalur falls under Hosakote tehsil of Bangalore Rural district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Ganagalur is Devangonthi, about 8.6 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 village for Ganagalur.

Ganagalur is about 46 km from Bangalore Rural in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ganagalur is in Hosakote tehsil of Bangalore Rural district. Devangonthi is about 8.6 km away. Mālūr is about 14 km away. Hosakote is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.