About Basuru Village

Basuru is a mid sized village in Kadur tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,228, made up of 634 males and 594 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 563.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basuru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basuru village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Kadur
Pincode	577116
Area (hectares)	563.25 hectares
Population	1,228
Male Population	634
Female Population	594
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	937
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basuru compares

By the 2011 count Basuru is the 60th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 890 residents. Its 563.25 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Basuru

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

Basuru lies about 46 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Nagavangala, about 8.9 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 Basuru
Nearest railway station	Nagavangala	8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kadur	10 km
Nearest town	Kadūr	10 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	46 km

Villages closest to Basuru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basuru village had a population of 1,228. That makes it the 60th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 890 residents.

Basuru village has 634 males and 594 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basuru has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Basuru is 577116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basuru covers 563.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basuru falls under Kadur tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Basuru is Nagavangala, about 8.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Basuru.

Basuru is about 46 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basuru is in Kadur tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Nagavangala is about 8.9 km away. Kadur is about 10 km away. Kadūr is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.