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About Neriga Village

Neriga is a mid sized village in Anekal tehsil, in the district of Bangalore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,351, made up of 694 males and 657 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 398.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 562125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Neriga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Neriga village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bangalore
Tehsil Anekal
Pincode 562125
Area (hectares) 398.4 hectares
Population 1,351
Male Population 694
Female Population 657
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 947
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Neriga compares

By the 2011 count Neriga is the 79th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,554 residents. Its 398.4 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Neriga

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

Neriga lies about 21 km from Bangalore, and the nearest railway station is Carmelaram, about 7.7 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 Neriga
Nearest railway station Carmelaram 7.7 km
Nearest town koppana Agrahara 13 km
District headquarters Bangalore 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Anekal 24 km

Villages closest to Neriga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Neriga village had a population of 1,351. That makes it the 79th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,554 residents.

Neriga village has 694 males and 657 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Neriga has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Neriga is 562125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Neriga covers 398.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Neriga falls under Anekal tehsil of Bangalore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Neriga is Carmelaram, about 7.7 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 Neriga.

Neriga is about 21 km from Bangalore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Neriga is in Anekal tehsil of Bangalore district. Carmelaram is about 7.7 km away. koppana Agrahara is about 13 km away. Bangalore is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gonighattapura (under 2 km), Nekkundi Dommasandra (1.7 km) and Janthagondanahalli (1.7 km).

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

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