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About Yeriyur Village

Yeriyur is a mid sized village in Gundlupet tehsil, in the district of Chamarajanagar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 916, made up of 453 males and 463 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 702.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yeriyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yeriyur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chamarajanagar
Tehsil Gundlupet
Pincode 571111
Area (hectares) 702.18 hectares
Population 916
Male Population 453
Female Population 463
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,022
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Yeriyur compares

By the 2011 count Yeriyur is the 79th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,434 residents. Its 702.18 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1002.

Getting to Yeriyur

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

Yeriyur lies about 30 km from Chamarajanagar, and the nearest railway station is Mariyalaganavadi, about 31 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 Yeriyur
Tehsil headquarters Gundlupet 13 km
Nearest town Gundlupēt 13 km
District headquarters Chamarajanagar 30 km
Nearest railway station Mariyalaganavadi 31 km

Villages closest to Yeriyur

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 Yeriyur

As per the Census of India 2011, Yeriyur village had a population of 916. That makes it the 79th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,434 residents.

Yeriyur village has 453 males and 463 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yeriyur has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Yeriyur is 571111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yeriyur covers 702.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Yeriyur falls under Gundlupet tehsil of Chamarajanagar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Yeriyur is Mariyalaganavadi, about 31 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 Yeriyur.

Yeriyur 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.

Yeriyur is in Gundlupet tehsil of Chamarajanagar district. Gundlupet is about 13 km away. Gundlupēt is about 13 km away. Chamarajanagar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Malapura (under 2 km), Daribegur (1.6 km) and Heggavadi (2.1 km).

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

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