About Kirugunda Village

Kirugunda is a mid sized village in Mudigere tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 587, made up of 284 males and 303 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 236.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kirugunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kirugunda village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Mudigere
Pincode	577132
Area (hectares)	236.53 hectares
Population	587
Male Population	284
Female Population	303
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,067
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kirugunda compares

By the 2011 count Kirugunda is the 59th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 836 residents. Its 236.53 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1042.

Getting to Kirugunda

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

How far is Kirugunda from other places

Kirugunda lies about 32 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Sakleshpur, about 15 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 Kirugunda
Tehsil headquarters	Mudigere	11 km
Nearest railway station	Sakleshpur	15 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	32 km

Villages closest to Kirugunda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kirugunda village had a population of 587. That makes it the 59th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 836 residents.

Kirugunda village has 284 males and 303 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kirugunda has about 1067 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1042.

The pincode recorded for Kirugunda is 577132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kirugunda covers 236.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kirugunda falls under Mudigere tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kirugunda is Sakleshpur, about 15 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 village for Kirugunda.

Kirugunda is about 32 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kirugunda is in Mudigere tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Mudigere is about 11 km away. Sakleshpur is about 15 km away. Chikmagalur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.