About Ganiganur Village

Ganiganur is a large village in Yelandur tehsil, in the district of Chamarajanagar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,459, made up of 1,251 males and 1,208 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 501.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ganiganur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ganiganur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chamarajanagar
Tehsil	Yelandur
Pincode	571441
Area (hectares)	501.5 hectares
Population	2,459
Male Population	1,251
Female Population	1,208
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	966
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ganiganur compares

By the 2011 count Ganiganur is the 11th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,618 residents. Its 501.5 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Ganiganur

Ganiganur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ganiganur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Ganiganur from other places

Ganiganur lies about 2.7 km from Yelandur, and the nearest railway station is Chamarajanagar, about 19 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 Ganiganur
Tehsil headquarters	Yelandur	2.7 km
Nearest town	Kollegāl	13 km
Nearest railway station	Chamarajanagar	19 km

Villages closest to Ganiganur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ganiganur village had a population of 2,459. That makes it the 11th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,618 residents.

Ganiganur village has 1,251 males and 1,208 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ganiganur has about 966 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Ganiganur is 571441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ganiganur covers 501.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ganiganur falls under Yelandur tehsil of Chamarajanagar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Ganiganur is Chamarajanagar, about 19 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Ganiganur.

Ganiganur is about 2.7 km from Yelandur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ganiganur is in Yelandur tehsil of Chamarajanagar district. Yelandur is about 2.7 km away. Kollegāl is about 13 km away. Chamarajanagar is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.