About Chilapura Village

Chilapura is a mid sized village in Honnali tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 849, made up of 423 males and 426 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 336.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chilapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chilapura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Davanagere
Tehsil	Honnali
Pincode	577224
Area (hectares)	336.11 hectares
Population	849
Male Population	423
Female Population	426
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,007
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chilapura compares

By the 2011 count Chilapura is the 91st largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents. Its 336.11 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Chilapura

Chilapura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chilapura as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Chilapura from other places

Chilapura lies about 41 km from Davanagere, and the nearest railway station is Shimoga Bidare, about 29 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 Chilapura
Tehsil headquarters	Honnali	19 km
Nearest town	Channagiri	20 km
Nearest railway station	Shimoga Bidare	29 km
District headquarters	Davanagere	41 km

Villages closest to Chilapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chilapura village had a population of 849. That makes it the 91st largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents.

Chilapura village has 423 males and 426 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chilapura has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Chilapura is 577224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chilapura covers 336.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chilapura falls under Honnali tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Chilapura is Shimoga Bidare, about 29 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chilapura.

Chilapura is about 41 km from Davanagere in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chilapura is in Honnali tehsil of Davanagere district. Honnali is about 19 km away. Channagiri is about 20 km away. Shimoga Bidare is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.