About Nittur Village

Nittur is a large village in Virajpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,223, made up of 1,073 males and 1,150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,072 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1398.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571219, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nittur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nittur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Virajpet
Pincode	571219
Area (hectares)	1398.59 hectares
Population	2,223
Male Population	1,073
Female Population	1,150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,072
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nittur compares

By the 2011 count Nittur is the 27th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents. Its 1398.59 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 1026.

Getting to Nittur

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

Nittur lies about 48 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 49 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 Nittur
Tehsil headquarters	Virajpet	30 km
Nearest town	Hunsūr	31 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	48 km
Nearest railway station	Krishnaraja Nagar	49 km

Villages closest to Nittur

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 Nittur

As per the Census of India 2011, Nittur village had a population of 2,223. That makes it the 27th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents.

Nittur village has 1,073 males and 1,150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nittur has about 1072 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Nittur is 571219. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nittur covers 1398.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nittur falls under Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Nittur is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 49 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 Nittur.

Nittur is about 48 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nittur is in Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Virajpet is about 30 km away. Hunsūr is about 31 km away. Kodagu is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.