About Keriyuru Village

Keriyuru is a mid sized village in Hunsur tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 983, made up of 505 males and 478 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 455.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571610, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keriyuru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keriyuru village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Mysore
Tehsil	Hunsur
Pincode	571610
Area (hectares)	455.69 hectares
Population	983
Male Population	505
Female Population	478
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	947
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Keriyuru compares

By the 2011 count Keriyuru is the 90th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents. Its 455.69 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Keriyuru

Keriyuru is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Keriyuru as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Keriyuru from other places

Keriyuru lies about 34 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 6.4 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 Keriyuru
Nearest town	Krishnarājāsāgara	5.5 km
Nearest railway station	Krishnaraja Nagar	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hunsur	13 km
District headquarters	Mysore	34 km

Villages closest to Keriyuru

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 Keriyuru

As per the Census of India 2011, Keriyuru village had a population of 983. That makes it the 90th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents.

Keriyuru village has 505 males and 478 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keriyuru has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Keriyuru is 571610. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keriyuru covers 455.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Keriyuru falls under Hunsur tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Keriyuru is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 6.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Keriyuru.

Keriyuru is about 34 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keriyuru is in Hunsur tehsil of Mysore district. Krishnarājāsāgara is about 5.5 km away. Krishnaraja Nagar is about 6.4 km away. Hunsur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.