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About Khursapur Village

Khursapur is a mid sized village in Shiggaon tehsil, in the district of Haveri, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,222, made up of 646 males and 576 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 397.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khursapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khursapur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Haveri
Tehsil Shiggaon
Pincode 581202
Area (hectares) 397.05 hectares
Population 1,222
Male Population 646
Female Population 576
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 892
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khursapur compares

By the 2011 count Khursapur is the 41st largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,507 residents. Its 397.05 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Khursapur

Khursapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khursapur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Khursapur from other places

Khursapur lies about 28 km from Haveri, and the nearest railway station is Savanur, about 20 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 Khursapur
Tehsil headquarters Shiggaon 2.4 km
Nearest railway station Savanur 20 km
District headquarters Haveri 28 km

Villages closest to Khursapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khursapur village had a population of 1,222. That makes it the 41st largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,507 residents.

Khursapur village has 646 males and 576 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khursapur has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

The pincode recorded for Khursapur is 581202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khursapur covers 397.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khursapur falls under Shiggaon tehsil of Haveri district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Khursapur is Savanur, about 20 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 <5 km distance for Khursapur.

Khursapur is about 28 km from Haveri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khursapur is in Shiggaon tehsil of Haveri district. Shiggaon is about 2.4 km away. Savanur is about 20 km away. Haveri is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kalyan (2.2 km), Shiggaon (2.4 km) and Hottur (2.4 km).

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

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