About Yelanadu Village

Yelanadu is a large village in Hiriyur tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,407, made up of 1,704 males and 1,703 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 999 females per 1000 males. The village covers 619.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577598, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yelanadu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yelanadu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Hiriyur
Pincode	577598
Area (hectares)	619.6 hectares
Population	3,407
Male Population	1,704
Female Population	1,703
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	999
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Yelanadu compares

By the 2011 count Yelanadu is the 13th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,525 residents. Its 619.6 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 970.

Getting to Yelanadu

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

Yelanadu lies about 43 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Balenahalli, about 35 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 Yelanadu
Tehsil headquarters	Hiriyur	9.8 km
Nearest town	Hiriyūr	9.8 km
Nearest railway station	Balenahalli	35 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	43 km

Villages closest to Yelanadu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Yelanadu village had a population of 3,407. That makes it the 13th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,525 residents.

Yelanadu village has 1,704 males and 1,703 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yelanadu has about 999 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Yelanadu is 577598. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yelanadu covers 619.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Yelanadu falls under Hiriyur tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Yelanadu is Balenahalli, about 35 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 Yelanadu.

Yelanadu is about 43 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yelanadu is in Hiriyur tehsil of Chitradurga district. Hiriyur is about 9.8 km away. Hiriyūr is about 9.8 km away. Balenahalli is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.