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About Giragur Village

Giragur is a mid sized village in Piriyapatna tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,189, made up of 604 males and 585 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 403.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Giragur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Giragur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Mysore
Tehsil Piriyapatna
Pincode 571105
Area (hectares) 403.79 hectares
Population 1,189
Male Population 604
Female Population 585
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 969
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Giragur compares

By the 2011 count Giragur is the 69th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,166 residents. Its 403.79 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 983.

Getting to Giragur

Giragur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Giragur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Giragur from other places

Giragur lies about 75 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Hosa Agrahara, about 45 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 Giragur
Tehsil headquarters Piriyapatna 19 km
Nearest town Madikeri 25 km
Nearest railway station Hosa Agrahara 45 km
District headquarters Mysore 75 km

Villages closest to Giragur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Giragur village had a population of 1,189. That makes it the 69th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,166 residents.

Giragur village has 604 males and 585 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Giragur has about 969 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 983.

The pincode recorded for Giragur is 571105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Giragur covers 403.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Giragur falls under Piriyapatna tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Giragur is Hosa Agrahara, about 45 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 <5 km distance for Giragur.

Giragur is about 75 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Giragur is in Piriyapatna tehsil of Mysore district. Piriyapatna is about 19 km away. Madikeri is about 25 km away. Hosa Agrahara is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Koppa (under 2 km), Guddenahalli (1.6 km) and Doddahosur (2.0 km).

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

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