About Jigalur Village

Jigalur is a mid sized village in Kundgol tehsil, in the district of Dharwad, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,044, made up of 554 males and 490 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 482.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jigalur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jigalur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dharwad
Tehsil	Kundgol
Pincode	581212
Area (hectares)	482.53 hectares
Population	1,044
Male Population	554
Female Population	490
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jigalur compares

By the 2011 count Jigalur is the 46th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,576 residents. Its 482.53 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Jigalur

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

Jigalur lies about 39 km from Dharwad. 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 Jigalur
Tehsil headquarters	Kundgol	18 km
Nearest town	Shiggaon	18 km
District headquarters	Dharwad	39 km

Villages closest to Jigalur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jigalur village had a population of 1,044. That makes it the 46th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,576 residents.

Jigalur village has 554 males and 490 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jigalur has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Jigalur is 581212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jigalur covers 482.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jigalur falls under Kundgol tehsil of Dharwad district in Karnataka.

The census record for Jigalur notes the nearest railway station 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 Jigalur.

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

Jigalur is in Kundgol tehsil of Dharwad district. Kundgol is about 18 km away. Shiggaon is about 18 km away. Dharwad is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.