About Adur Village

Adur is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 882, made up of 439 males and 443 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 598.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577412, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Adur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Adur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sagar
Pincode	577412
Area (hectares)	598.04 hectares
Population	882
Male Population	439
Female Population	443
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,009
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Adur compares

By the 2011 count Adur is the 44th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 598.04 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1029.

Getting to Adur

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

How far is Adur from other places

Adur lies about 45 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Anandapuram, about 3.9 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 Adur
Nearest railway station	Anandapuram	3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sagar	19 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	19 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	45 km

Villages closest to Adur

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 Adur

As per the Census of India 2011, Adur village had a population of 882. That makes it the 44th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Adur village has 439 males and 443 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Adur has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1029.

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

Adur covers 598.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Adur falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Adur is Anandapuram, about 3.9 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 5 - 10 km distance for Adur.

Adur is about 45 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Adur is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Anandapuram is about 3.9 km away. Sagar is about 19 km away. Sāgar is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.