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About Linglapura Village

Linglapura is a mid sized village in Kadur tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 655, made up of 347 males and 308 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 386.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577548, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Linglapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Linglapura village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chikmagalur
Tehsil Kadur
Pincode 577548
Area (hectares) 386.67 hectares
Population 655
Male Population 347
Female Population 308
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 888
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Linglapura compares

By the 2011 count Linglapura is the 124th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 890 residents. Its 386.67 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Linglapura

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

Linglapura lies about 42 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Devanur, about 5.4 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 Linglapura
Nearest railway station Devanur 5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Kadur 18 km
Nearest town Kadūr 18 km
District headquarters Chikmagalur 42 km

Villages closest to Linglapura

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.

Common questions about Linglapura

As per the Census of India 2011, Linglapura village had a population of 655. That makes it the 124th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 890 residents.

Linglapura village has 347 males and 308 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Linglapura has about 888 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 Linglapura is 577548. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Linglapura covers 386.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Linglapura falls under Kadur tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Linglapura is Devanur, about 5.4 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 km distance for Linglapura.

Linglapura is about 42 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Linglapura is in Kadur tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Devanur is about 5.4 km away. Kadur is about 18 km away. Kadūr is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mallappanahalli (under 2 km), Santhekerehalli (1.6 km) and B Kodihalli (2.6 km).

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

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