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About Sirur Village

Sirur is a mid sized village in Aland tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,378, made up of 732 males and 646 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 423.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585314, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sirur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sirur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Gulbarga
Tehsil Aland
Pincode 585314
Area (hectares) 423.41 hectares
Population 1,378
Male Population 732
Female Population 646
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 883
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sirur compares

By the 2011 count Sirur is the 80th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,266 residents. Its 423.41 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Sirur

Sirur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sirur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sirur from other places

Sirur lies about 49 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Dudhani, about 13 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 Sirur
Nearest railway station Dudhani 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Aland 20 km
District headquarters Gulbarga 49 km

Villages closest to Sirur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sirur village had a population of 1,378. That makes it the 80th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,266 residents.

Sirur village has 732 males and 646 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sirur has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Sirur is 585314. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sirur covers 423.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sirur falls under Aland tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Sirur is Dudhani, about 13 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 10+ km distance for Sirur.

Sirur is about 49 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sirur is in Aland tehsil of Gulbarga district. Dudhani is about 13 km away. Aland is about 20 km away. Gulbarga is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Benisirur (under 2 km), Hithal Sirur (under 2 km) and Dargasirur (under 2 km).

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

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