About Obalapura Village

Obalapura is a large village in Challakere tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,651, made up of 1,847 males and 1,804 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1662.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577537, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Obalapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Obalapura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Challakere
Pincode	577537
Area (hectares)	1662.1 hectares
Population	3,651
Male Population	1,847
Female Population	1,804
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	977
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Obalapura compares

By the 2011 count Obalapura is the 12th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents. Its 1662.1 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Obalapura

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

Obalapura lies about 46 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Challakere, about 22 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 Obalapura
Nearest railway station	Challakere	22 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	46 km

Villages closest to Obalapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Obalapura village had a population of 3,651. That makes it the 12th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents.

Obalapura village has 1,847 males and 1,804 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Obalapura has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Obalapura is 577537. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Obalapura covers 1662.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Obalapura falls under Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Obalapura is Challakere, about 22 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 Obalapura.

Obalapura is about 46 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Obalapura is in Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district. Challakere is about 22 km away. Chitradurga is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.