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About Yerragunte Village

Yerragunte is a small village in Gauribidanur tehsil, in the district of Chikkaballapura, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 443, made up of 238 males and 205 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 561213, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yerragunte Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yerragunte village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chikkaballapura
Tehsil Gauribidanur
Pincode 561213
Area (hectares) 163.48 hectares
Population 443
Male Population 238
Female Population 205
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Yerragunte compares

By the 2011 count Yerragunte is the 158th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents. Its 163.48 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Yerragunte

Yerragunte is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Yerragunte as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Yerragunte from other places

Yerragunte lies about 27 km from Chikkaballapura, and the nearest railway station is Thondebhavi, about 3.9 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 Yerragunte
Nearest railway station Thondebhavi 3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Gauribidanur 14 km
District headquarters Chikkaballapura 27 km

Villages closest to Yerragunte

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Yerragunte village had a population of 443. That makes it the 158th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents.

Yerragunte village has 238 males and 205 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yerragunte has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Yerragunte is 561213. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yerragunte covers 163.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Yerragunte falls under Gauribidanur tehsil of Chikkaballapura district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Yerragunte is Thondebhavi, about 3.9 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Yerragunte.

Yerragunte is about 27 km from Chikkaballapura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yerragunte is in Gauribidanur tehsil of Chikkaballapura district. Thondebhavi is about 3.9 km away. Gauribidanur is about 14 km away. Chikkaballapura is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bevinahalli (under 2 km), Chikkamallekere (under 2 km) and Doddamallekere (1.5 km).

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

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