About Kishtapur Village

Kishtapur is a mid sized village in Sedam tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 943, made up of 492 males and 451 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 525.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585318, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kishtapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kishtapur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Sedam
Pincode	585318
Area (hectares)	525.78 hectares
Population	943
Male Population	492
Female Population	451
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Kishtapur compares

By the 2011 count Kishtapur is the 65th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,584 residents. Its 525.78 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Kishtapur

Kishtapur 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 Kishtapur 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 Kishtapur from other places

Kishtapur lies about 74 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Kurgunta, about 25 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 Kishtapur
Nearest town	Gurmatkāl	12 km
Nearest railway station	Kurgunta	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sedam	27 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	74 km

Villages closest to Kishtapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kishtapur village had a population of 943. That makes it the 65th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,584 residents.

Kishtapur village has 492 males and 451 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kishtapur has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Kishtapur is 585318. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kishtapur covers 525.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kishtapur falls under Sedam tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kishtapur is Kurgunta, about 25 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 Kishtapur.

Kishtapur is about 74 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kishtapur is in Sedam tehsil of Gulbarga district. Gurmatkāl is about 12 km away. Kurgunta is about 25 km away. Sedam is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.