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About Taggalur Village

Taggalur is a mid sized village in Gundlupet tehsil, in the district of Chamarajanagar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 668, made up of 344 males and 324 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 368.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Taggalur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Taggalur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chamarajanagar
Tehsil Gundlupet
Pincode 571109
Area (hectares) 368.99 hectares
Population 668
Male Population 344
Female Population 324
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 942
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Taggalur compares

By the 2011 count Taggalur is the 92nd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,434 residents. Its 368.99 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 1002.

Getting to Taggalur

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

How far is Taggalur from other places

Taggalur lies about 30 km from Chamarajanagar, and the nearest railway station is Kavalande, about 20 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 Taggalur
Tehsil headquarters Gundlupet 12 km
Nearest town Gundlupēt 12 km
Nearest railway station Kavalande 20 km
District headquarters Chamarajanagar 30 km

Villages closest to Taggalur

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.

Common questions about Taggalur

As per the Census of India 2011, Taggalur village had a population of 668. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,434 residents.

Taggalur village has 344 males and 324 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Taggalur has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

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

Taggalur covers 368.99 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.

Taggalur falls under Gundlupet tehsil of Chamarajanagar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Taggalur is Kavalande, about 20 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 <5 km distance for Taggalur.

Taggalur is about 30 km from Chamarajanagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Taggalur is in Gundlupet tehsil of Chamarajanagar district. Gundlupet is about 12 km away. Gundlupēt is about 12 km away. Kavalande is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bettadamadahalli (2.0 km), Raghavapura (2.4 km) and Begur (2.4 km).

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

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