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About Guthigaru Village

Guthigaru is a large village in Sulya tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,211, made up of 2,028 males and 2,183 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,076 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2662.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guthigaru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guthigaru village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil Sulya
Pincode 574218
Area (hectares) 2662.42 hectares
Population 4,211
Male Population 2,028
Female Population 2,183
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,076
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Guthigaru compares

By the 2011 count Guthigaru is the 9th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,132 residents. Its 2662.42 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Guthigaru

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

Guthigaru lies about 39 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Bajakere, about 10 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 Guthigaru
Nearest railway station Bajakere 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Sulya 18 km
Nearest town Madikeri 32 km
District headquarters Dakshina Kannada 39 km

Villages closest to Guthigaru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Guthigaru village had a population of 4,211. That makes it the 9th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,132 residents.

Guthigaru village has 2,028 males and 2,183 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guthigaru has about 1076 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Guthigaru is 574218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Guthigaru covers 2662.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Guthigaru falls under Sulya tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Guthigaru is Bajakere, about 10 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 Guthigaru.

Guthigaru is about 39 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guthigaru is in Sulya tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Bajakere is about 10 km away. Sulya is about 18 km away. Madikeri is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balpa (4.4 km), Yenekallu (5.4 km) and Devachalla (6.9 km).

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

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