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About Taruve Village

Taruve is a mid sized village in Mudigere tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,081, made up of 506 males and 575 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,136 females per 1000 males. The village covers 875.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Taruve Overview

Census 2011 figures for Taruve village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chikmagalur
Tehsil Mudigere
Pincode 577113
Area (hectares) 875.07 hectares
Population 1,081
Male Population 506
Female Population 575
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,136
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Taruve compares

By the 2011 count Taruve is the 32nd largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 836 residents. Its 875.07 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1042.

Getting to Taruve

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

Taruve lies about 36 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Donigal, about 32 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 Taruve
Tehsil headquarters Mudigere 13 km
Nearest railway station Donigal 32 km
Nearest town Sakleshpur 34 km
District headquarters Chikmagalur 36 km

Villages closest to Taruve

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.

Common questions about Taruve

As per the Census of India 2011, Taruve village had a population of 1,081. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 836 residents.

Taruve village has 506 males and 575 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Taruve has about 1136 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1042.

The pincode recorded for Taruve is 577113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Taruve covers 875.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Taruve falls under Mudigere tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Taruve is Donigal, about 32 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 Taruve.

Taruve is about 36 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Taruve is in Mudigere tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Mudigere is about 13 km away. Donigal is about 32 km away. Sakleshpur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Binnadi (under 2 km), Attigere (1.6 km) and Kogile (3.2 km).

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

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