About Bilur Village

Bilur is a mid sized village in Virajpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,233, made up of 617 males and 616 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 998 females per 1000 males. The village covers 857.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571213, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bilur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bilur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Virajpet
Pincode	571213
Area (hectares)	857.45 hectares
Population	1,233
Male Population	617
Female Population	616
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	998
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bilur compares

By the 2011 count Bilur is the 55th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents. Its 857.45 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Bilur

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

Bilur lies about 42 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 52 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 Bilur
Tehsil headquarters	Virajpet	24 km
Nearest town	Hunsūr	34 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	42 km
Nearest railway station	Krishnaraja Nagar	52 km

Villages closest to Bilur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bilur village had a population of 1,233. That makes it the 55th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents.

Bilur village has 617 males and 616 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bilur has about 998 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Bilur is 571213. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bilur covers 857.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bilur falls under Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Bilur is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 52 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 Bilur.

Bilur is about 42 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bilur is in Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Virajpet is about 24 km away. Hunsūr is about 34 km away. Kodagu is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.