About Ganjigere Village

Ganjigere is a small village in Alur tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 282, made up of 140 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 165.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ganjigere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ganjigere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Tehsil	Alur
Pincode	573128
Area (hectares)	165.92 hectares
Population	282
Male Population	140
Female Population	142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ganjigere compares

By the 2011 count Ganjigere is the 97th largest of the 239 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 318 residents. Its 165.92 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Ganjigere

Ganjigere is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ganjigere 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ganjigere from other places

Ganjigere lies about 20 km from Hassan. 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 Ganjigere
Tehsil headquarters	Alur	16 km
District headquarters	Hassan	20 km

Villages closest to Ganjigere

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ganjigere village had a population of 282. That makes it the 97th largest of the 239 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 318 residents.

Ganjigere village has 140 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ganjigere has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Ganjigere is 573128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ganjigere covers 165.92 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.

Ganjigere falls under Alur tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The census record for Ganjigere notes the nearest railway station as Available within 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 Ganjigere.

Ganjigere is about 20 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ganjigere is in Alur tehsil of Hassan district. Alur is about 16 km away. Hassan is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.