About Giriyapura Village

Giriyapura is a mid sized village in Hosdurga tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 579, made up of 301 males and 278 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 190.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577533, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Giriyapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Giriyapura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Hosdurga
Pincode	577533
Area (hectares)	190.08 hectares
Population	579
Male Population	301
Female Population	278
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	924
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Giriyapura compares

By the 2011 count Giriyapura is the 122nd largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents. Its 190.08 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Giriyapura

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

Giriyapura lies about 52 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Hosadurga Road, about 38 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 Giriyapura
Tehsil headquarters	Hosdurga	20 km
Nearest town	Hosadurga	20 km
Nearest railway station	Hosadurga Road	38 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	52 km

Villages closest to Giriyapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Giriyapura village had a population of 579. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents.

Giriyapura village has 301 males and 278 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Giriyapura has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Giriyapura is 577533. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Giriyapura covers 190.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Giriyapura falls under Hosdurga tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Giriyapura is Hosadurga Road, about 38 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 Giriyapura.

Giriyapura is about 52 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Giriyapura is in Hosdurga tehsil of Chitradurga district. Hosdurga is about 20 km away. Hosadurga is about 20 km away. Hosadurga Road is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.