About Shivpur Village

Shivpur is a mid sized village in Afzalpur tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 909, made up of 473 males and 436 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 327.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shivpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shivpur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Afzalpur
Pincode	585301
Area (hectares)	327.89 hectares
Population	909
Male Population	473
Female Population	436
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	922
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shivpur compares

By the 2011 count Shivpur is the 63rd largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,177 residents. Its 327.89 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Shivpur

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

Shivpur lies about 54 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Dudhani, about 24 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 Shivpur
Tehsil headquarters	Afzalpur	6.3 km
Nearest railway station	Dudhani	24 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	54 km

Villages closest to Shivpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shivpur village had a population of 909. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,177 residents.

Shivpur village has 473 males and 436 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shivpur has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Shivpur is 585301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shivpur covers 327.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shivpur falls under Afzalpur tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Shivpur is Dudhani, about 24 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 5 - 10 km distance for Shivpur.

Shivpur is about 54 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shivpur is in Afzalpur tehsil of Gulbarga district. Afzalpur is about 6.3 km away. Dudhani is about 24 km away. Gulbarga is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.