About Chigaluru Village

Chigaluru is a small village in Alur tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 445, made up of 218 males and 227 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chigaluru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chigaluru village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Tehsil	Alur
Pincode	573218
Area (hectares)	168.09 hectares
Population	445
Male Population	218
Female Population	227
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,041
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chigaluru compares

By the 2011 count Chigaluru is the 51st largest of the 239 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 318 residents. Its 168.09 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Chigaluru

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

How far is Chigaluru from other places

Chigaluru lies about 20 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Balupete, about 5.5 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 Chigaluru
Nearest railway station	Balupete	5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Alur	8.4 km
Nearest town	Sakleshpur	16 km
District headquarters	Hassan	20 km

Villages closest to Chigaluru

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 Chigaluru

As per the Census of India 2011, Chigaluru village had a population of 445. That makes it the 51st largest of the 239 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 318 residents.

Chigaluru village has 218 males and 227 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chigaluru has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Chigaluru is 573218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chigaluru covers 168.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chigaluru falls under Alur tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Chigaluru is Balupete, about 5.5 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 village for Chigaluru.

Chigaluru 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.

Chigaluru is in Alur tehsil of Hassan district. Balupete is about 5.5 km away. Alur is about 8.4 km away. Sakleshpur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.