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About Biryal Village

Biryal is a mid sized village in Jevargi tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,226, made up of 609 males and 617 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 748.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Biryal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Biryal village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Gulbarga
Tehsil Jevargi
Pincode 585303
Area (hectares) 748.72 hectares
Population 1,226
Male Population 609
Female Population 617
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,013
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Biryal compares

By the 2011 count Biryal is the 77th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,885 residents. Its 748.72 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 963.

Getting to Biryal

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

Biryal lies about 46 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Nalwar, 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 Biryal
Nearest railway station Nalwar 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Jevargi 17 km
District headquarters Gulbarga 46 km

Villages closest to Biryal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Biryal village had a population of 1,226. That makes it the 77th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,885 residents.

Biryal village has 609 males and 617 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Biryal has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Biryal is 585303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Biryal covers 748.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Biryal falls under Jevargi tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Biryal is Nalwar, 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 Biryal.

Biryal is about 46 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Biryal is in Jevargi tehsil of Gulbarga district. Nalwar is about 13 km away. Jevargi is about 17 km away. Gulbarga is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Malla (4.2 km), Honnal (4.2 km) and Rampur (6.1 km).

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

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