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About Guruvanahalli Village

Guruvanahalli is a small village in Nelamangala tehsil, in the district of Bangalore Rural, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 130, made up of 73 males and 57 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 781 females per 1000 males. The village covers 22.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 562111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guruvanahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guruvanahalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bangalore Rural
Tehsil Nelamangala
Pincode 562111
Area (hectares) 22.57 hectares
Population 130
Male Population 73
Female Population 57
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 781
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Guruvanahalli compares

By the 2011 count Guruvanahalli is the 194th largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 706 residents. Its 22.57 hectares work out to about 5.8 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 972.

Getting to Guruvanahalli

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

How far is Guruvanahalli from other places

Guruvanahalli lies about 35 km from Bangalore Rural, and the nearest railway station is Dobaspet, about 7.6 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 Guruvanahalli
Nearest railway station Dobaspet 7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Nelamangala 17 km
District headquarters Bangalore Rural 35 km

Villages closest to Guruvanahalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Guruvanahalli village had a population of 130. That makes it the 194th largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 706 residents.

Guruvanahalli village has 73 males and 57 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guruvanahalli has about 781 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Guruvanahalli is 562111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Guruvanahalli covers 22.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Guruvanahalli falls under Nelamangala tehsil of Bangalore Rural district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Guruvanahalli is Dobaspet, about 7.6 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Guruvanahalli.

Guruvanahalli is about 35 km from Bangalore Rural in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guruvanahalli is in Nelamangala tehsil of Bangalore Rural district. Dobaspet is about 7.6 km away. Nelamangala is about 17 km away. Bangalore Rural is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gantehosahalli (under 2 km), Kasaragatta (under 2 km) and Maragondanahalli (1.6 km).

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

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