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About Keyyur Village

Keyyur is one of the larger villages in Puttur tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,883, made up of 2,844 males and 3,039 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1937.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keyyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keyyur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil Puttur
Pincode 574210
Area (hectares) 1937.9 hectares
Population 5,883
Male Population 2,844
Female Population 3,039
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,069
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Keyyur compares

By the 2011 count Keyyur is the 8th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 3,439 residents. Its 1937.9 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Keyyur

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

Keyyur lies about 17 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Narimogaru, about 6.3 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 Keyyur
Nearest railway station Narimogaru 6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Puttur 12 km
Nearest town Puttūr 12 km
District headquarters Dakshina Kannada 17 km

Villages closest to Keyyur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Keyyur village had a population of 5,883. That makes it the 8th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,439 residents.

Keyyur village has 2,844 males and 3,039 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keyyur has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Keyyur is 574210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keyyur covers 1937.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Keyyur falls under Puttur tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Keyyur is Narimogaru, about 6.3 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 Keyyur.

Keyyur is about 17 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keyyur is in Puttur tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Narimogaru is about 6.3 km away. Puttur is about 12 km away. Puttūr is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ariyadka (3.5 km), Kedambady (3.7 km) and Punachpady (4.1 km).

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

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