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About Khyra Village

Khyra is a small village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 451, made up of 215 males and 236 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,098 females per 1000 males. The village covers 247.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577412, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khyra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khyra village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Sagar
Pincode 577412
Area (hectares) 247.92 hectares
Population 451
Male Population 215
Female Population 236
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,098
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khyra compares

By the 2011 count Khyra is the 111th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 247.92 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 Khyra

Khyra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khyra 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kerehithalu, Kerekoppa, Kerodi and Kesavinamane. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Khyra

As per the Census of India 2011, Khyra village had a population of 451. That makes it the 111th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Khyra village has 215 males and 236 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khyra has about 1098 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1029.

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

Khyra covers 247.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khyra falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The census record for Khyra notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 Khyra.

Khyra is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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