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About Nerase Village

Nerase is a large village in Khanapur tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,099, made up of 1,044 males and 1,055 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1987.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nerase Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nerase village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Belgaum
Tehsil Khanapur
Pincode 591301
Area (hectares) 1987.04 hectares
Population 2,099
Male Population 1,044
Female Population 1,055
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Nerase compares

By the 2011 count Nerase is the 27th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,044 residents. Its 1987.04 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 981.

Getting to Nerase

Nerase 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 Nerase 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 Nerase from other places

Nerase lies about 29 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Gunji, about 8.3 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 Nerase
Nearest railway station Gunji 8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Khanapur 9.6 km
District headquarters Belgaum 29 km
Nearest town Belagavi 29 km

Villages closest to Nerase

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nerase village had a population of 2,099. That makes it the 27th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,044 residents.

Nerase village has 1,044 males and 1,055 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nerase has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Nerase is 591301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nerase covers 1987.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nerase falls under Khanapur tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Nerase is Gunji, about 8.3 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 Nerase.

Nerase is about 29 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nerase is in Khanapur tehsil of Belgaum district. Gunji is about 8.3 km away. Khanapur is about 9.6 km away. Belgaum is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Teregali (2.4 km), Kavale (3.3 km) and Shiroli (3.9 km).

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

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