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About Huskur Village

Huskur is a mid sized village in Bangalore North tehsil, in the district of Bangalore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,320, made up of 637 males and 683 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,072 females per 1000 males. The village covers 417.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 562123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Huskur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Huskur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bangalore
Tehsil Bangalore North
Pincode 562123
Area (hectares) 417.91 hectares
Population 1,320
Male Population 637
Female Population 683
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,072
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Huskur compares

By the 2011 count Huskur is the 63rd largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,426 residents. Its 417.91 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 931.

Getting to Huskur

Huskur 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 Huskur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Huskur from other places

Huskur lies about 17 km from Bangalore, and the nearest railway station is Huskuru, about under 2 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 Huskur
Nearest railway station Huskuru under 2 km
Nearest town koppana Agrahara 4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Bangalore North 17 km
District headquarters Bangalore 17 km

Villages closest to Huskur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bangalore North 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 Huskur

As per the Census of India 2011, Huskur village had a population of 1,320. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,426 residents.

Huskur village has 637 males and 683 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Huskur has about 1072 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 931.

The pincode recorded for Huskur is 562123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Huskur covers 417.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Huskur falls under Bangalore North tehsil of Bangalore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Huskur is Huskuru, about under 2 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 - 10 km distance for Huskur.

Huskur is about 17 km from Bangalore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Huskur is in Bangalore North tehsil of Bangalore district. Huskuru is about under 2 km away. koppana Agrahara is about 4.4 km away. Bangalore North is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ivar Kandapura (4.0 km), Doddathoguru (5.6 km) and Lakshmisagara (5.8 km).

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

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