About Maruthipura Village

Maruthipura is a mid sized village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,166, made up of 600 males and 566 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 787.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577412, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maruthipura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maruthipura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Hosanagara
Pincode	577412
Area (hectares)	787.68 hectares
Population	1,166
Male Population	600
Female Population	566
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	943
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maruthipura compares

By the 2011 count Maruthipura is the 16th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 787.68 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Maruthipura

Maruthipura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maruthipura as Available within 5 - 10 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 Maruthipura from other places

Maruthipura 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 Maruthipura
Nearest railway station	Anandapuram	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hosanagara	14 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	26 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	43 km

Villages closest to Maruthipura

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.

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Common questions about Maruthipura

As per the Census of India 2011, Maruthipura village had a population of 1,166. That makes it the 16th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Maruthipura village has 600 males and 566 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maruthipura has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Maruthipura is 577412. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maruthipura covers 787.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maruthipura falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Maruthipura 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Maruthipura.

Maruthipura 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.

Maruthipura 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.