About Valur Village

Valur is a small village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 149, made up of 71 males and 78 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,099 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1035.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577452, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Valur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Valur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sagar
Pincode	577452
Area (hectares)	1035.03 hectares
Population	149
Male Population	71
Female Population	78
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,099
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Valur compares

By the 2011 count Valur is the 191st largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 1035.03 hectares work out to about 0.1 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 Valur

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

Valur lies about 84 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Mookambika Road Byndoor, about 22 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 Valur
Nearest railway station	Mookambika Road Byndoor	22 km
Nearest town	Byndoor	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sagar	32 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	84 km

Villages closest to Valur

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 Valur

As per the Census of India 2011, Valur village had a population of 149. That makes it the 191st largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Valur village has 71 males and 78 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Valur has about 1099 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1029.

The pincode recorded for Valur is 577452. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Valur covers 1035.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Valur falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Valur is Mookambika Road Byndoor, about 22 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 Valur.

Valur is about 84 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Valur is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Mookambika Road Byndoor is about 22 km away. Byndoor is about 22 km away. Sagar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.