About Giddapura Village

Giddapura is a small village in Challakere tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 491, made up of 256 males and 235 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 248.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577536, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Giddapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Giddapura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Challakere
Pincode	577536
Area (hectares)	248.01 hectares
Population	491
Male Population	256
Female Population	235
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Giddapura compares

By the 2011 count Giddapura is the 150th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents. Its 248.01 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Giddapura

Giddapura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Giddapura as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Giddapura from other places

Giddapura lies about 35 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Talaku, about 8.8 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 Giddapura
Nearest railway station	Talaku	8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Challakere	18 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	35 km

Villages closest to Giddapura

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 Giddapura

As per the Census of India 2011, Giddapura village had a population of 491. That makes it the 150th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents.

Giddapura village has 256 males and 235 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Giddapura has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Giddapura is 577536. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Giddapura covers 248.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Giddapura falls under Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Giddapura is Talaku, about 8.8 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 - 10 km distance for Giddapura.

Giddapura is about 35 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Giddapura is in Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district. Talaku is about 8.8 km away. Challakere is about 18 km away. Chitradurga is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.