About Shirwad Village

Shirwad is a mid sized village in Afzalpur tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,558, made up of 813 males and 745 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 541.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shirwad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shirwad village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Afzalpur
Pincode	585301
Area (hectares)	541.75 hectares
Population	1,558
Male Population	813
Female Population	745
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shirwad compares

By the 2011 count Shirwad is the 36th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,177 residents. Its 541.75 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 Shirwad

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

Shirwad lies about 58 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Dudhani, about 17 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 Shirwad
Tehsil headquarters	Afzalpur	6.3 km
Nearest railway station	Dudhani	17 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	58 km

Villages closest to Shirwad

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 Shirwad

As per the Census of India 2011, Shirwad village had a population of 1,558. That makes it the 36th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,177 residents.

Shirwad village has 813 males and 745 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shirwad has about 916 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 Shirwad is 585301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shirwad covers 541.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shirwad falls under Afzalpur tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Shirwad is Dudhani, about 17 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 Shirwad.

Shirwad is about 58 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shirwad is in Afzalpur tehsil of Gulbarga district. Afzalpur is about 6.3 km away. Dudhani is about 17 km away. Gulbarga is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.