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About Shirur Village

Shirur is a mid sized village in Hukeri tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,035, made up of 511 males and 524 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1043.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shirur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shirur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Belgaum
Tehsil Hukeri
Pincode 591122
Area (hectares) 1043.13 hectares
Population 1,035
Male Population 511
Female Population 524
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Shirur compares

By the 2011 count Shirur is the 104th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,792 residents. Its 1043.13 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Shirur

Shirur 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 Shirur 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 Shirur from other places

Shirur lies about 25 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Suldhal, about 5.5 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 Shirur
Nearest railway station Suldhal 5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Hukeri 22 km
District headquarters Belgaum 25 km

Villages closest to Shirur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shirur village had a population of 1,035. That makes it the 104th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,792 residents.

Shirur village has 511 males and 524 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shirur has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Shirur is 591122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shirur covers 1043.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shirur falls under Hukeri tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Shirur is Suldhal, about 5.5 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 Shirur.

Shirur is about 25 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shirur is in Hukeri tehsil of Belgaum district. Suldhal is about 5.5 km away. Hukeri is about 22 km away. Belgaum is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hagedal (under 2 km), Basapur (2.6 km) and Gejapati (5.1 km).

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

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