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About Yelachagere Village

Yelachagere is a mid sized village in Nanjangud tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,042, made up of 528 males and 514 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 577.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yelachagere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yelachagere village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Mysore
Tehsil Nanjangud
Pincode 571118
Area (hectares) 577.72 hectares
Population 1,042
Male Population 528
Female Population 514
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 973
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Yelachagere compares

By the 2011 count Yelachagere is the 117th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,978 residents. Its 577.72 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Yelachagere

Yelachagere is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Yelachagere as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Yelachagere from other places

Yelachagere lies about 31 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Chinnadagudi Hundi, about 11 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 Yelachagere
Nearest railway station Chinnadagudi Hundi 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Nanjangud 12 km
Nearest town Nanjangūd 12 km
District headquarters Mysore 31 km

Villages closest to Yelachagere

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 Yelachagere

As per the Census of India 2011, Yelachagere village had a population of 1,042. That makes it the 117th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,978 residents.

Yelachagere village has 528 males and 514 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yelachagere has about 973 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 979.

The pincode recorded for Yelachagere is 571118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yelachagere covers 577.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Yelachagere falls under Nanjangud tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Yelachagere is Chinnadagudi Hundi, about 11 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 10+ km distance for Yelachagere.

Yelachagere is about 31 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yelachagere is in Nanjangud tehsil of Mysore district. Chinnadagudi Hundi is about 11 km away. Nanjangud is about 12 km away. Nanjangūd 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 Kugalur (2.0 km), Sindhuvallipura (2.5 km) and Lakshmanapura (2.6 km).

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

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