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About Anantapur Village

Anantapur is a mid sized village in Sedam tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 765, made up of 359 males and 406 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,131 females per 1000 males. The village covers 357.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585318, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Anantapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anantapur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Gulbarga
Tehsil Sedam
Pincode 585318
Area (hectares) 357.9 hectares
Population 765
Male Population 359
Female Population 406
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,131
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Anantapur compares

By the 2011 count Anantapur is the 76th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,584 residents. Its 357.9 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Anantapur

Anantapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Anantapur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Anantapur from other places

Anantapur lies about 73 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Nawandgi, about 17 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 Anantapur
Nearest railway station Nawandgi 17 km
Nearest town Tandur 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Sedam 23 km
District headquarters Gulbarga 73 km

Villages closest to Anantapur

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.

Common questions about Anantapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Anantapur village had a population of 765. That makes it the 76th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,584 residents.

Anantapur village has 359 males and 406 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anantapur has about 1131 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

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

Anantapur covers 357.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Anantapur falls under Sedam tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Anantapur is Nawandgi, about 17 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 <5 km distance for Anantapur.

Anantapur is about 73 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anantapur is in Sedam tehsil of Gulbarga district. Nawandgi is about 17 km away. Tandur is about 22 km away. Sedam is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ribbanpalli (1.6 km), Mallabad (2.4 km) and Khanderayanpalli (3.0 km).

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

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