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About Karchiganur Village

Karchiganur is a mid sized village in Siruguppa tehsil, in the district of Bellary, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,112, made up of 567 males and 545 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 473.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karchiganur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karchiganur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bellary
Tehsil Siruguppa
Pincode 583113
Area (hectares) 473.78 hectares
Population 1,112
Male Population 567
Female Population 545
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 961
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karchiganur compares

By the 2011 count Karchiganur is the 57th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,293 residents. Its 473.78 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Karchiganur

Karchiganur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karchiganur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Karchiganur from other places

Karchiganur lies about 57 km from Bellary, and the nearest railway station is Sindhanur, about 23 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 Karchiganur
Tehsil headquarters Siruguppa 7.8 km
Nearest railway station Sindhanur 23 km
District headquarters Bellary 57 km

Villages closest to Karchiganur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karchiganur village had a population of 1,112. That makes it the 57th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,293 residents.

Karchiganur village has 567 males and 545 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karchiganur has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Karchiganur is 583113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karchiganur covers 473.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karchiganur falls under Siruguppa tehsil of Bellary district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Karchiganur is Sindhanur, about 23 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Karchiganur.

Karchiganur is about 57 km from Bellary in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karchiganur is in Siruguppa tehsil of Bellary district. Siruguppa is about 7.8 km away. Sindhanur is about 23 km away. Bellary is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kuruvalli (1.5 km), Tondehal (1.7 km) and Chanakanur (1.8 km).

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

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