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About Huskur Village

Huskur is a mid sized village in Nanjangud tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,816, made up of 885 males and 931 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 489.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571315, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Huskur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Huskur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Mysore
Tehsil Nanjangud
Pincode 571315
Area (hectares) 489.71 hectares
Population 1,816
Male Population 885
Female Population 931
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,052
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Huskur compares

By the 2011 count Huskur is the 72nd largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,978 residents. Its 489.71 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Huskur

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

Huskur lies about 26 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Sujatapuram, about 12 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 Huskur
Tehsil headquarters Nanjangud 12 km
Nearest town Nanjangūd 12 km
Nearest railway station Sujatapuram 12 km
District headquarters Mysore 26 km

Villages closest to Huskur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Huskur village had a population of 1,816. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,978 residents.

Huskur village has 885 males and 931 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Huskur has about 1052 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Huskur is 571315. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Huskur covers 489.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Huskur falls under Nanjangud tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Huskur is Sujatapuram, about 12 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 Huskur.

Huskur is about 26 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Huskur is in Nanjangud tehsil of Mysore district. Nanjangud is about 12 km away. Nanjangūd is about 12 km away. Sujatapuram is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shiramalli (1.7 km), Karya (2.5 km) and Haginavalu (2.6 km).

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

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