About Shirur Village

Shirur is a mid sized village in Mundargi tehsil, in the district of Gadag, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,559, made up of 764 males and 795 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2572.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 582113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shirur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shirur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gadag
Tehsil	Mundargi
Pincode	582113
Area (hectares)	2572.47 hectares
Population	1,559
Male Population	764
Female Population	795
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,041
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shirur compares

By the 2011 count Shirur is the 27th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,981 residents. Its 2572.47 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Shirur

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

Shirur lies about 18 km from Gadag, and the nearest railway station is Harlapur, about 8.1 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 Shirur
Nearest railway station	Harlapur	8.1 km
District headquarters	Gadag	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mundargi	21 km

Villages closest to Shirur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shirur village had a population of 1,559. That makes it the 27th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,981 residents.

Shirur village has 764 males and 795 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shirur has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Shirur is 582113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shirur covers 2572.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shirur falls under Mundargi tehsil of Gadag district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Shirur is Harlapur, about 8.1 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 Shirur.

Shirur is about 18 km from Gadag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shirur is in Mundargi tehsil of Gadag district. Harlapur is about 8.1 km away. Gadag is about 18 km away. Mundargi is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.