About Dharmapura Village

Dharmapura is a large village in Hunsur tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,981, made up of 1,498 males and 1,483 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 958.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571189, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharmapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharmapura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Mysore
Tehsil	Hunsur
Pincode	571189
Area (hectares)	958.47 hectares
Population	2,981
Male Population	1,498
Female Population	1,483
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	990
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dharmapura compares

By the 2011 count Dharmapura is the 14th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents. Its 958.47 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Dharmapura

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

Dharmapura lies about 29 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Dornahalli, about 22 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 Dharmapura
Tehsil headquarters	Hunsur	12 km
Nearest town	Hunsūr	12 km
Nearest railway station	Dornahalli	22 km
District headquarters	Mysore	29 km

Villages closest to Dharmapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharmapura village had a population of 2,981. That makes it the 14th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents.

Dharmapura village has 1,498 males and 1,483 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharmapura has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Dharmapura is 571189. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dharmapura covers 958.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dharmapura falls under Hunsur tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Dharmapura is Dornahalli, about 22 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 Dharmapura.

Dharmapura is about 29 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharmapura is in Hunsur tehsil of Mysore district. Hunsur is about 12 km away. Hunsūr is about 12 km away. Dornahalli is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.