About Gurupura Village

Gurupura is a small village in Tarikere tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 354, made up of 190 males and 164 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 221.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurupura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurupura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Tarikere
Pincode	577144
Area (hectares)	221.49 hectares
Population	354
Male Population	190
Female Population	164
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	863
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gurupura compares

By the 2011 count Gurupura is the 138th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 880 residents. Its 221.49 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 989.

Getting to Gurupura

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

Gurupura lies about 39 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Bellenahalli, about 10 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 Gurupura
Nearest railway station	Bellenahalli	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tarikere	12 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	39 km

Villages closest to Gurupura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurupura village had a population of 354. That makes it the 138th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 880 residents.

Gurupura village has 190 males and 164 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurupura has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Gurupura is 577144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurupura covers 221.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gurupura falls under Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gurupura is Bellenahalli, about 10 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 10+ km distance for Gurupura.

Gurupura is about 39 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurupura is in Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Bellenahalli is about 10 km away. Tarikere is about 12 km away. Chikmagalur is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.