About Shimanthur Village

Shimanthur is a mid sized village in Mangalore tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,607, made up of 773 males and 834 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,079 females per 1000 males. The village covers 396.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574154, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shimanthur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shimanthur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Mangalore
Pincode	574154
Area (hectares)	396.38 hectares
Population	1,607
Male Population	773
Female Population	834
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,079
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shimanthur compares

By the 2011 count Shimanthur is the 59th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents. Its 396.38 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1060.

Getting to Shimanthur

Shimanthur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shimanthur 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shimanthur from other places

Shimanthur lies about 55 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Mulki, about 2.5 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 Shimanthur
Nearest railway station	Mulki	2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mangalore	20 km
Nearest town	Mangaluru	20 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	55 km

Villages closest to Shimanthur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shimanthur village had a population of 1,607. That makes it the 59th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents.

Shimanthur village has 773 males and 834 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shimanthur has about 1079 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1060.

The pincode recorded for Shimanthur is 574154. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shimanthur covers 396.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shimanthur falls under Mangalore tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Shimanthur is Mulki, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Shimanthur.

Shimanthur is about 55 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shimanthur is in Mangalore tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Mulki is about 2.5 km away. Mangalore is about 20 km away. Mangaluru is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.