About Besur Village

Besur is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 670, made up of 320 males and 350 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,094 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1291.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577417, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Besur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Besur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sagar
Pincode	577417
Area (hectares)	1291.39 hectares
Population	670
Male Population	320
Female Population	350
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,094
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Besur compares

By the 2011 count Besur is the 64th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 1291.39 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 1029.

Getting to Besur

Besur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Besur 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 Besur from other places

Besur lies about 66 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Sagar Jambagaru, about 16 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 Besur
Tehsil headquarters	Sagar	16 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	16 km
Nearest railway station	Sagar Jambagaru	16 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	66 km

Villages closest to Besur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Besur village had a population of 670. That makes it the 64th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Besur village has 320 males and 350 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Besur has about 1094 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1029.

The pincode recorded for Besur is 577417. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Besur covers 1291.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Besur falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Besur is Sagar Jambagaru, about 16 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 Besur.

Besur is about 66 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Besur is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Sagar is about 16 km away. Sāgar is about 16 km away. Sagar Jambagaru is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.