About Giriyapura Village

Giriyapura is a mid sized village in Channagiri tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 533, made up of 261 males and 272 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 233.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Giriyapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Giriyapura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Davanagere
Tehsil	Channagiri
Pincode	577552
Area (hectares)	233.74 hectares
Population	533
Male Population	261
Female Population	272
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,042
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Giriyapura compares

By the 2011 count Giriyapura is the 145th 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 233.74 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

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 village. 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 28 km from Davanagere, and the nearest railway station is Kodaganuru, about 16 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
Nearest railway station	Kodaganuru	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Channagiri	21 km
District headquarters	Davanagere	28 km

Villages closest to Giriyapura

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.

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Common questions about Giriyapura

As per the Census of India 2011, Giriyapura village had a population of 533. That makes it the 145th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents.

Giriyapura village has 261 males and 272 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Giriyapura has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Giriyapura is 577552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Giriyapura covers 233.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Giriyapura falls under Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Giriyapura is Kodaganuru, about 16 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 village for Giriyapura.

Giriyapura is about 28 km from Davanagere in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Giriyapura is in Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district. Kodaganuru is about 16 km away. Channagiri is about 21 km away. Davanagere is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.