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About Anapura Village

Anapura is a small village in Channagiri tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 430, made up of 226 males and 204 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 295.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Anapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anapura village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Davanagere
Tehsil Channagiri
Pincode 577221
Area (hectares) 295.36 hectares
Population 430
Male Population 226
Female Population 204
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 903
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Anapura compares

By the 2011 count Anapura is the 155th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents. Its 295.36 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Anapura

Anapura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Anapura as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Anapura from other places

Anapura lies about 52 km from Davanagere, and the nearest railway station is Nulenuru, about 23 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 Anapura
Tehsil headquarters Channagiri 2.7 km
Nearest railway station Nulenuru 23 km
District headquarters Davanagere 52 km

Villages closest to Anapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Anapura village had a population of 430. That makes it the 155th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents.

Anapura village has 226 males and 204 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anapura has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Anapura is 577221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Anapura covers 295.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Anapura falls under Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Anapura is Nulenuru, about 23 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 5 - 10 km distance for Anapura.

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

Anapura is in Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district. Channagiri is about 2.7 km away. Nulenuru is about 23 km away. Davanagere is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Laxmisagara (under 2 km), Lakshmisagar (under 2 km) and Diggenahalli (1.8 km).

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

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