About Mustur Village

Mustur is a large village in Jagalur tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,828, made up of 1,425 males and 1,403 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1430.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577528, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mustur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mustur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Davanagere
Tehsil	Jagalur
Pincode	577528
Area (hectares)	1430.15 hectares
Population	2,828
Male Population	1,425
Female Population	1,403
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	985
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mustur compares

By the 2011 count Mustur is the 10th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents. Its 1430.15 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Mustur

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

Mustur lies about 56 km from Davanagere, and the nearest railway station is Talaku, about 25 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 Mustur
Tehsil headquarters	Jagalur	12 km
Nearest railway station	Talaku	25 km
Nearest town	Chitradurga	28 km
District headquarters	Davanagere	56 km

Villages closest to Mustur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mustur village had a population of 2,828. That makes it the 10th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents.

Mustur village has 1,425 males and 1,403 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mustur has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Mustur is 577528. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mustur covers 1430.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mustur falls under Jagalur tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Mustur is Talaku, about 25 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 Mustur.

Mustur is about 56 km from Davanagere in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mustur is in Jagalur tehsil of Davanagere district. Jagalur is about 12 km away. Talaku is about 25 km away. Chitradurga is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.