About Turnur Village

Turnur is a mid sized village in Chitapur tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 547, made up of 254 males and 293 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,154 females per 1000 males. The village covers 376.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Turnur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turnur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Chitapur
Pincode	585218
Area (hectares)	376.39 hectares
Population	547
Male Population	254
Female Population	293
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,154
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Turnur compares

By the 2011 count Turnur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents. Its 376.39 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Turnur

Turnur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Turnur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Turnur from other places

Turnur lies about 47 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Nalwar, about 8.3 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 Turnur
Nearest railway station	Nalwar	8.3 km
Nearest town	Wādi	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chitapur	27 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	47 km

Villages closest to Turnur

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 Turnur

As per the Census of India 2011, Turnur village had a population of 547. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents.

Turnur village has 254 males and 293 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turnur has about 1154 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Turnur is 585218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Turnur covers 376.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Turnur falls under Chitapur tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Turnur is Nalwar, about 8.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Turnur.

Turnur is about 47 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Turnur is in Chitapur tehsil of Gulbarga district. Nalwar is about 8.3 km away. Wādi is about 15 km away. Chitapur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.