About Challur Village

Challur is a large village in Gangawati tehsil, in the district of Koppal, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,972, made up of 2,469 males and 2,503 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1238.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Challur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Challur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Koppal
Tehsil	Gangawati
Pincode	583229
Area (hectares)	1238.55 hectares
Population	4,972
Male Population	2,469
Female Population	2,503
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Challur compares

By the 2011 count Challur is the 16th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,378 residents. Its 1238.55 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Challur

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

Challur lies about 55 km from Koppal, and the nearest railway station is Karatagi, about 9.2 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 Challur
Nearest railway station	Karatagi	9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gangawati	20 km
Nearest town	Gangavati	20 km
District headquarters	Koppal	55 km

Villages closest to Challur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Challur village had a population of 4,972. That makes it the 16th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,378 residents.

Challur village has 2,469 males and 2,503 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Challur has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Challur is 583229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Challur covers 1238.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Challur falls under Gangawati tehsil of Koppal district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Challur is Karatagi, about 9.2 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 village for Challur.

Challur is about 55 km from Koppal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Challur is in Gangawati tehsil of Koppal district. Karatagi is about 9.2 km away. Gangawati is about 20 km away. Gangavati is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.