About Muthur Village

Muthur is a small village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 411, made up of 199 males and 212 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,065 females per 1000 males. The village covers 698.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Muthur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Muthur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Hosanagara
Pincode	577418
Area (hectares)	698.1 hectares
Population	411
Male Population	199
Female Population	212
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,065
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Muthur compares

By the 2011 count Muthur is the 105th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 698.1 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 1025.

Getting to Muthur

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

How far is Muthur from other places

Muthur lies about 49 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Anandapuram, about 18 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 Muthur
Tehsil headquarters	Hosanagara	6.5 km
Nearest railway station	Anandapuram	18 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	26 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	49 km

Villages closest to Muthur

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 Muthur

As per the Census of India 2011, Muthur village had a population of 411. That makes it the 105th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Muthur village has 199 males and 212 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Muthur has about 1065 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

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

Muthur covers 698.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Muthur falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Muthur is Anandapuram, about 18 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 village for Muthur.

Muthur is about 49 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Muthur is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Hosanagara is about 6.5 km away. Anandapuram is about 18 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.