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About Echalapura Village

Echalapura is a small village in Sakleshpur tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 169, made up of 80 males and 89 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,112 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573134, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Echalapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Echalapura village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Hassan
Tehsil Sakleshpur
Pincode 573134
Area (hectares) 163.58 hectares
Population 169
Male Population 80
Female Population 89
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,112
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 Echalapura compares

By the 2011 count Echalapura is the 171st largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 477 residents. Its 163.58 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1047.

Getting to Echalapura

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

Echalapura lies about 35 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Donigal, 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 Echalapura
Tehsil headquarters Sakleshpur 10 km
Nearest railway station Donigal 10 km
District headquarters Hassan 35 km

Villages closest to Echalapura

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

Common questions about Echalapura

As per the Census of India 2011, Echalapura village had a population of 169. That makes it the 171st largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 477 residents.

Echalapura village has 80 males and 89 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Echalapura has about 1112 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1047.

The pincode recorded for Echalapura is 573134. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Echalapura covers 163.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Echalapura falls under Sakleshpur tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Echalapura is Donigal, 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 Echalapura.

Echalapura is about 35 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Echalapura is in Sakleshpur tehsil of Hassan district. Sakleshpur is about 10 km away. Donigal is about 10 km away. Hassan is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hosur (under 2 km), Hosur Estate (under 2 km) and Bellur (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Echalapura today is likely to be higher.

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