About Pura Village

Pura is a small village in Arsikere tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 190, made up of 93 males and 97 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Tehsil	Arsikere
Pincode	573112
Area (hectares)	131.27 hectares
Population	190
Male Population	93
Female Population	97
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,043
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Pura compares

By the 2011 count Pura is the 271st largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 764 residents. Its 131.27 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Pura

Pura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pura as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Pura from other places

Pura lies about 51 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Banavar, about 10 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 Pura
Nearest railway station	Banavar	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arsikere	16 km
District headquarters	Hassan	51 km

Villages closest to Pura

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Pura

As per the Census of India 2011, Pura village had a population of 190. That makes it the 271st largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 764 residents.

Pura village has 93 males and 97 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pura has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Pura is 573112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pura covers 131.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pura falls under Arsikere tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Pura is Banavar, about 10 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 5 - 10 km distance for Pura.

Pura is about 51 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pura is in Arsikere tehsil of Hassan district. Banavar is about 10 km away. Arsikere is about 16 km away. Hassan is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.