About Siriyur Village

Siriyur is a mid sized village in Bhadravati tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,187, made up of 575 males and 612 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,064 females per 1000 males. The village covers 606.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Siriyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Siriyur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Bhadravati
Pincode	577229
Area (hectares)	606.69 hectares
Population	1,187
Male Population	575
Female Population	612
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,064
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Siriyur compares

By the 2011 count Siriyur is the 54th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,412 residents. Its 606.69 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Siriyur

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

How far is Siriyur from other places

Siriyur lies about 12 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Shimoga Bidare, about 5.6 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 Siriyur
Nearest railway station	Shimoga Bidare	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhadravati	6.1 km
Nearest town	Bhadrāvati	6.1 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	12 km

Villages closest to Siriyur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Siriyur village had a population of 1,187. That makes it the 54th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,412 residents.

Siriyur village has 575 males and 612 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Siriyur has about 1064 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Siriyur is 577229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Siriyur covers 606.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Siriyur falls under Bhadravati tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Siriyur is Shimoga Bidare, about 5.6 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 village for Siriyur.

Siriyur is about 12 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Siriyur is in Bhadravati tehsil of Shimoga district. Shimoga Bidare is about 5.6 km away. Bhadravati is about 6.1 km away. Bhadrāvati is about 6.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.