About Kuriganur Village

Kuriganur is a mid sized village in Siruguppa tehsil, in the district of Bellary, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,417, made up of 727 males and 690 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 793.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kuriganur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kuriganur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bellary
Tehsil	Siruguppa
Pincode	583114
Area (hectares)	793.84 hectares
Population	1,417
Male Population	727
Female Population	690
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	949
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kuriganur compares

By the 2011 count Kuriganur is the 50th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,293 residents. Its 793.84 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Kuriganur

Kuriganur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kuriganur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kuriganur from other places

Kuriganur lies about 39 km from Bellary, and the nearest railway station is Isivi, about 33 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 Kuriganur
Nearest town	Tekkalakote	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Siruguppa	18 km
Nearest railway station	Isivi	33 km
District headquarters	Bellary	39 km

Villages closest to Kuriganur

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.

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Common questions about Kuriganur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kuriganur village had a population of 1,417. That makes it the 50th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,293 residents.

Kuriganur village has 727 males and 690 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kuriganur has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Kuriganur is 583114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kuriganur covers 793.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kuriganur falls under Siruguppa tehsil of Bellary district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kuriganur is Isivi, about 33 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kuriganur.

Kuriganur is about 39 km from Bellary in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kuriganur is in Siruguppa tehsil of Bellary district. Tekkalakote is about 12 km away. Siruguppa is about 18 km away. Isivi is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.