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About Venkatapura Village

Venkatapura is a mid sized village in Bangarapet tehsil, in the district of Kolar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 522, made up of 312 males and 210 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 673 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 563116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Venkatapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Venkatapura village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Kolar
Tehsil Bangarapet
Pincode 563116
Area (hectares) 163.1 hectares
Population 522
Male Population 312
Female Population 210
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 673
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Venkatapura compares

By the 2011 count Venkatapura is the 176th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 667 residents. Its 163.1 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 978.

Getting to Venkatapura

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

Venkatapura lies about 18 km from Kolar, and the nearest railway station is Tyakal, about under 2 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 Venkatapura
Nearest railway station Tyakal under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Bangarapet 12 km
District headquarters Kolar 18 km

Villages closest to Venkatapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Venkatapura village had a population of 522. That makes it the 176th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 667 residents.

Venkatapura village has 312 males and 210 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Venkatapura has about 673 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 978.

The pincode recorded for Venkatapura is 563116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Venkatapura covers 163.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Venkatapura falls under Bangarapet tehsil of Kolar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Venkatapura is Tyakal, about under 2 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 Venkatapura.

Venkatapura is about 18 km from Kolar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Venkatapura is in Bangarapet tehsil of Kolar district. Tyakal is about under 2 km away. Bangarapet is about 12 km away. Kolar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kalavihosahalli (4.1 km), Nakkanahalli (4.6 km) and Makarahalli (5.1 km).

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

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