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About Gerupura Village

Gerupura is a small village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 196, made up of 98 males and 98 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gerupura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gerupura village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Hosanagara
Pincode 577418
Area (hectares) 96.47 hectares
Population 196
Male Population 98
Female Population 98
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gerupura compares

By the 2011 count Gerupura is the 152nd largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 96.47 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Gerupura

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

Gerupura lies about 43 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Anandapuram, 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 Gerupura
Nearest railway station Anandapuram 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Hosanagara 14 km
Nearest town Sāgar 26 km
District headquarters Shimoga 43 km

Villages closest to Gerupura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gerupura village had a population of 196. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Gerupura village has 98 males and 98 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gerupura has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Gerupura is 577418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gerupura covers 96.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gerupura falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gerupura is Anandapuram, 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gerupura.

Gerupura is about 43 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gerupura is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Anandapuram is about 11 km away. Hosanagara is about 14 km away. Sāgar is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maruthipura (under 2 km), Veerabhadrapura (under 2 km) and Hosahalli (under 2 km).

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

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