About Kuruva Ri Village

Kuruva Ri is a small village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 163, made up of 77 males and 86 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,117 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577453, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kuruva Ri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kuruva Ri village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sagar
Pincode	577453
Area (hectares)	58.28 hectares
Population	163
Male Population	77
Female Population	86
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,117
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kuruva Ri compares

By the 2011 count Kuruva Ri is the 182nd largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 58.28 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1029.

Getting to Kuruva Ri

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

Kuruva Ri lies about 62 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Sagar Jambagaru, about 12 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 Kuruva Ri
Tehsil headquarters	Sagar	12 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	12 km
Nearest railway station	Sagar Jambagaru	12 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	62 km

Villages closest to Kuruva Ri

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 Kuruva Ri

As per the Census of India 2011, Kuruva Ri village had a population of 163. That makes it the 182nd largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Kuruva Ri village has 77 males and 86 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kuruva Ri has about 1117 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1029.

The pincode recorded for Kuruva Ri is 577453. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kuruva Ri covers 58.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kuruva Ri falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kuruva Ri is Sagar Jambagaru, about 12 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 Kuruva Ri.

Kuruva Ri is about 62 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kuruva Ri is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Sagar is about 12 km away. Sāgar is about 12 km away. Sagar Jambagaru is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.