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About Danandur Village

Danandur is a small village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 69, made up of 32 males and 37 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,156 females per 1000 males. The village covers 237.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577412, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danandur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danandur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Sagar
Pincode 577412
Area (hectares) 237.65 hectares
Population 69
Male Population 32
Female Population 37
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,156
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Danandur compares

By the 2011 count Danandur is the 209th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 237.65 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 Danandur

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

Danandur lies about 44 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Anandapuram, about 7.4 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 Danandur
Nearest railway station Anandapuram 7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Sagar 22 km
Nearest town Sāgar 22 km
District headquarters Shimoga 44 km

Villages closest to Danandur

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.

Common questions about Danandur

As per the Census of India 2011, Danandur village had a population of 69. That makes it the 209th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Danandur village has 32 males and 37 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danandur has about 1156 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1029.

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

Danandur covers 237.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Danandur falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Danandur is Anandapuram, about 7.4 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 5 - 10 km distance for Danandur.

Danandur is about 44 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danandur is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Anandapuram is about 7.4 km away. Sagar is about 22 km away. Sāgar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gantinakoppa (2.2 km), Saragunda (3.7 km) and Yebbodi (4.5 km).

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

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