About Nitre Village

Nitre is a large village in Gundlupet tehsil, in the district of Chamarajanagar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,296, made up of 1,608 males and 1,688 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1088.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nitre Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nitre village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chamarajanagar
Tehsil	Gundlupet
Pincode	571109
Area (hectares)	1088.88 hectares
Population	3,296
Male Population	1,608
Female Population	1,688
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,050
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nitre compares

By the 2011 count Nitre is the 14th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,434 residents. Its 1088.88 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Nitre

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

Nitre lies about 23 km from Chamarajanagar, and the nearest railway station is Kavalande, about 9.9 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 Nitre
Nearest railway station	Kavalande	9.9 km
Nearest town	Nanjangūd	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gundlupet	18 km
District headquarters	Chamarajanagar	23 km

Villages closest to Nitre

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nitre village had a population of 3,296. That makes it the 14th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,434 residents.

Nitre village has 1,608 males and 1,688 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nitre has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Nitre is 571109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nitre covers 1088.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nitre falls under Gundlupet tehsil of Chamarajanagar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Nitre is Kavalande, about 9.9 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 village for Nitre.

Nitre is about 23 km from Chamarajanagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nitre is in Gundlupet tehsil of Chamarajanagar district. Kavalande is about 9.9 km away. Nanjangūd is about 17 km away. Gundlupet is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.