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About Gunjiganur Village

Gunjiganur is a mid sized village in Holalkere tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,596, made up of 786 males and 810 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 511.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577523, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gunjiganur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gunjiganur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chitradurga
Tehsil Holalkere
Pincode 577523
Area (hectares) 511.93 hectares
Population 1,596
Male Population 786
Female Population 810
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,031
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gunjiganur compares

By the 2011 count Gunjiganur is the 35th largest of the 159 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,148 residents. Its 511.93 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 976.

Getting to Gunjiganur

Gunjiganur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gunjiganur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gunjiganur from other places

Gunjiganur lies about 28 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Chikjajur Junction, about 2.7 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 Gunjiganur
Nearest railway station Chikjajur Junction 2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Holalkere 12 km
Nearest town Channagiri 28 km
District headquarters Chitradurga 28 km

Villages closest to Gunjiganur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gunjiganur village had a population of 1,596. That makes it the 35th largest of the 159 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,148 residents.

Gunjiganur village has 786 males and 810 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gunjiganur has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 976.

The pincode recorded for Gunjiganur is 577523. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gunjiganur covers 511.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gunjiganur falls under Holalkere tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gunjiganur is Chikjajur Junction, about 2.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gunjiganur.

Gunjiganur is about 28 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gunjiganur is in Holalkere tehsil of Chitradurga district. Chikjajur Junction is about 2.7 km away. Holalkere is about 12 km away. Channagiri is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Honnakaluve (1.7 km), Rangavvanahalli (2.1 km) and Chikkajajur (2.4 km).

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

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