About Giriyapura Village

Giriyapura is a mid sized village in Kadur tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,265, made up of 748 males and 517 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 691 females per 1000 males. The village covers 591.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577550, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Giriyapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Giriyapura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Kadur
Pincode	577550
Area (hectares)	591.66 hectares
Population	1,265
Male Population	748
Female Population	517
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	691
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Giriyapura compares

By the 2011 count Giriyapura is the 58th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 890 residents. Its 591.66 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 987.

Getting to Giriyapura

Giriyapura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Giriyapura 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Giriyapura from other places

Giriyapura lies about 50 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Nagavangala, about 6.3 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 Giriyapura
Nearest railway station	Nagavangala	6.3 km
Nearest town	Birūr	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kadur	15 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	50 km

Villages closest to Giriyapura

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 Giriyapura

As per the Census of India 2011, Giriyapura village had a population of 1,265. That makes it the 58th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 890 residents.

Giriyapura village has 748 males and 517 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Giriyapura has about 691 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Giriyapura is 577550. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Giriyapura covers 591.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Giriyapura falls under Kadur tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Giriyapura is Nagavangala, about 6.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Giriyapura.

Giriyapura is about 50 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Giriyapura is in Kadur tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Nagavangala is about 6.3 km away. Birūr is about 13 km away. Kadur is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.