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About Anapura Village

Anapura is a small village in Kollegal tehsil, in the district of Chamarajanagar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 321, made up of 144 males and 177 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,229 females per 1000 males. The village covers 291.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571443, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Anapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anapura village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chamarajanagar
Tehsil Kollegal
Pincode 571443
Area (hectares) 291.75 hectares
Population 321
Male Population 144
Female Population 177
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,229
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Anapura compares

By the 2011 count Anapura is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,408 residents. Its 291.75 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Anapura

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

Anapura lies about 40 km from Chamarajanagar. 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 Anapura
Tehsil headquarters Kollegal 16 km
Nearest town Kollegāl 16 km
District headquarters Chamarajanagar 40 km

Villages closest to Anapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Anapura village had a population of 321. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,408 residents.

Anapura village has 144 males and 177 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anapura has about 1229 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Anapura is 571443. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Anapura covers 291.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Anapura falls under Kollegal tehsil of Chamarajanagar district in Karnataka.

The census record for Anapura notes the nearest railway station 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 Anapura.

Anapura is about 40 km from Chamarajanagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anapura is in Kollegal tehsil of Chamarajanagar district. Kollegal is about 16 km away. Kollegāl is about 16 km away. Chamarajanagar is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kannur (under 2 km), Kannur Beat (under 2 km) and Mangala (under 2 km).

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

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