About Pura Village

Pura is a small village in Channarayapatna tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 415, made up of 199 males and 216 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,085 females per 1000 males. The village covers 242.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573141, 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	Channarayapatna
Pincode	573141
Area (hectares)	242.98 hectares
Population	415
Male Population	199
Female Population	216
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,085
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Pura compares

By the 2011 count Pura is the 214th largest of the 345 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 629 residents. Its 242.98 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 1047.

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 village. 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 52 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Hirisave, about 8.8 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	Hirisave	8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Channarayapatna	24 km
Nearest town	Channarāyapatna	24 km
District headquarters	Hassan	52 km

Villages closest to Pura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pura village had a population of 415. That makes it the 214th largest of the 345 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 629 residents.

Pura village has 199 males and 216 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pura has about 1085 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1047.

The pincode recorded for Pura is 573141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pura covers 242.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pura falls under Channarayapatna tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Pura is Hirisave, about 8.8 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 village for Pura.

Pura is about 52 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 Channarayapatna tehsil of Hassan district. Hirisave is about 8.8 km away. Channarayapatna is about 24 km away. Channarāyapatna is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.