About Kolur Village

Kolur is a small village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 405, made up of 204 males and 201 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1181.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577417, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kolur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kolur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sagar
Pincode	577417
Area (hectares)	1181.19 hectares
Population	405
Male Population	204
Female Population	201
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	985
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kolur compares

By the 2011 count Kolur is the 120th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 1181.19 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1029.

Getting to Kolur

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

Kolur lies about 64 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Sagar Jambagaru, about 18 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 Kolur
Tehsil headquarters	Sagar	17 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	17 km
Nearest railway station	Sagar Jambagaru	18 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	64 km

Villages closest to Kolur

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 Kolur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kolur village had a population of 405. That makes it the 120th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Kolur village has 204 males and 201 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kolur has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1029.

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

Kolur covers 1181.19 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.

Kolur falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kolur is Sagar Jambagaru, about 18 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 Kolur.

Kolur is about 64 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kolur is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Sagar is about 17 km away. Sāgar is about 17 km away. Sagar Jambagaru is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.