About Shiraguppe Village

Shiraguppe is a small village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 449, made up of 219 males and 230 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 717.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577431, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shiraguppe Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shiraguppe village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sagar
Pincode	577431
Area (hectares)	717.5 hectares
Population	449
Male Population	219
Female Population	230
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,050
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shiraguppe compares

By the 2011 count Shiraguppe is the 112th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 717.5 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1029.

Getting to Shiraguppe

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

Shiraguppe lies about 55 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Balegundi, about 1.8 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 Shiraguppe
Nearest railway station	Balegundi	1.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sagar	10 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	10 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	55 km

Villages closest to Shiraguppe

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 Shiraguppe

As per the Census of India 2011, Shiraguppe village had a population of 449. That makes it the 112th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Shiraguppe village has 219 males and 230 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shiraguppe has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1029.

The pincode recorded for Shiraguppe is 577431. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shiraguppe covers 717.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shiraguppe falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Shiraguppe is Balegundi, about 1.8 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 Shiraguppe.

Shiraguppe is about 55 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shiraguppe is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Balegundi is about 1.8 km away. Sagar is about 10 km away. Sāgar is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.