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About Arjungi Village

Arjungi is a large village in Afzalpur tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,500, made up of 1,323 males and 1,177 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1253.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585236, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Arjungi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Arjungi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Gulbarga
Tehsil Afzalpur
Pincode 585236
Area (hectares) 1253.08 hectares
Population 2,500
Male Population 1,323
Female Population 1,177
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Arjungi compares

By the 2011 count Arjungi is the 20th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,177 residents. Its 1253.08 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Arjungi

Arjungi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Arjungi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Arjungi from other places

Arjungi lies about 74 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Lachyan, about 28 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 Arjungi
Tehsil headquarters Afzalpur 22 km
Nearest railway station Lachyan 28 km
District headquarters Gulbarga 74 km

Villages closest to Arjungi

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.

Common questions about Arjungi

As per the Census of India 2011, Arjungi village had a population of 2,500. That makes it the 20th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,177 residents.

Arjungi village has 1,323 males and 1,177 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Arjungi has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Arjungi is 585236. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Arjungi covers 1253.08 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.

Arjungi falls under Afzalpur tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Arjungi is Lachyan, about 28 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Arjungi.

Arjungi is about 74 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Arjungi is in Afzalpur tehsil of Gulbarga district. Afzalpur is about 22 km away. Lachyan is about 28 km away. Gulbarga is about 74 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hiriyal (7.7 km), Dudangi (8.8 km) and Huvinhalli (9.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Arjungi today is likely to be higher.

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