About Martur Village

Martur is one of the larger villages in Chitapur tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,027, made up of 2,559 males and 2,468 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 964 females per 1000 males. The village covers 5145.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585228, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Martur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Martur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Chitapur
Pincode	585228
Area (hectares)	5145.02 hectares
Population	5,027
Male Population	2,559
Female Population	2,468
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	964
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Martur compares

By the 2011 count Martur is the 7th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents. Its 5145.02 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Martur

Martur 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 Martur 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Martur from other places

Martur lies about 14 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Martur, about 2.3 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 Martur
Nearest railway station	Martur	2.3 km
Nearest town	Shāhābād	11 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chitapur	23 km

Villages closest to Martur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Martur village had a population of 5,027. That makes it the 7th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents.

Martur village has 2,559 males and 2,468 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Martur has about 964 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Martur is 585228. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Martur covers 5145.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Martur falls under Chitapur tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Martur is Martur, about 2.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Martur is about 14 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Martur is in Chitapur tehsil of Gulbarga district. Martur is about 2.3 km away. Shāhābād is about 11 km away. Gulbarga is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.