About Kuskuru Village

Kuskuru is a mid sized village in Shikarpur tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,471, made up of 721 males and 750 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 498.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577426, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kuskuru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kuskuru village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Shikarpur
Pincode	577426
Area (hectares)	498.08 hectares
Population	1,471
Male Population	721
Female Population	750
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,040
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kuskuru compares

By the 2011 count Kuskuru is the 50th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents. Its 498.08 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Kuskuru

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

Kuskuru lies about 54 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Adderi, about 27 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 Kuskuru
Tehsil headquarters	Shikarpur	10 km
Nearest town	Shikaripura	10 km
Nearest railway station	Adderi	27 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	54 km

Villages closest to Kuskuru

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shikarpur 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 Kuskuru

As per the Census of India 2011, Kuskuru village had a population of 1,471. That makes it the 50th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents.

Kuskuru village has 721 males and 750 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kuskuru has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Kuskuru is 577426. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kuskuru covers 498.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kuskuru falls under Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kuskuru is Adderi, about 27 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 Kuskuru.

Kuskuru is about 54 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kuskuru is in Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district. Shikarpur is about 10 km away. Shikaripura is about 10 km away. Adderi is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.