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About Tellur Village

Tellur is a large village in Afzalpur tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,287, made up of 1,204 males and 1,083 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1020.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tellur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tellur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Gulbarga
Tehsil Afzalpur
Pincode 585212
Area (hectares) 1020.19 hectares
Population 2,287
Male Population 1,204
Female Population 1,083
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 900
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Tellur compares

By the 2011 count Tellur is the 26th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,177 residents. Its 1020.19 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Tellur

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

Tellur lies about 40 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Gaudgaon, 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 Tellur
Tehsil headquarters Afzalpur 14 km
Nearest railway station Gaudgaon 17 km
District headquarters Gulbarga 40 km

Villages closest to Tellur

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 Tellur

As per the Census of India 2011, Tellur village had a population of 2,287. That makes it the 26th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,177 residents.

Tellur village has 1,204 males and 1,083 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tellur has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Tellur is 585212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tellur covers 1020.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tellur falls under Afzalpur tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Tellur is Gaudgaon, 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 Tellur.

Tellur is about 40 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tellur is in Afzalpur tehsil of Gulbarga district. Afzalpur is about 14 km away. Gaudgaon is about 17 km away. Gulbarga is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karkanahalli (1.9 km), D Ghangapur (4.2 km) and Batgera (4.9 km).

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

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