About Veerapura Village

Veerapura is a small village in Belur tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 137, made up of 77 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 779 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Veerapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Veerapura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Tehsil	Belur
Pincode	573216
Area (hectares)	128.98 hectares
Population	137
Male Population	77
Female Population	60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	779
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 Veerapura compares

By the 2011 count Veerapura is the 251st largest of the 331 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 460 residents. Its 128.98 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Veerapura

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

Veerapura lies about 22 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Alur, about 16 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 Veerapura
Tehsil headquarters	Belur	8.7 km
Nearest town	Belūr	8.7 km
Nearest railway station	Alur	16 km
District headquarters	Hassan	22 km

Villages closest to Veerapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Veerapura village had a population of 137. That makes it the 251st largest of the 331 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 460 residents.

Veerapura village has 77 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Veerapura has about 779 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Veerapura is 573216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Veerapura covers 128.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Veerapura falls under Belur tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Veerapura is Alur, about 16 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 Veerapura.

Veerapura is about 22 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Veerapura is in Belur tehsil of Hassan district. Belur is about 8.7 km away. Belūr is about 8.7 km away. Alur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.