About Beguru Village

Beguru is a large village in Shikarpur tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,537, made up of 1,279 males and 1,258 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1383.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577427, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Beguru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Beguru village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Shikarpur
Pincode	577427
Area (hectares)	1383.68 hectares
Population	2,537
Male Population	1,279
Female Population	1,258
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Beguru compares

By the 2011 count Beguru is the 14th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents. Its 1383.68 hectares work out to about 1.8 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Beguru

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

Beguru lies about 43 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kumsi, about 25 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 Beguru
Tehsil headquarters	Shikarpur	5.0 km
Nearest town	Shikaripura	5.0 km
Nearest railway station	Kumsi	25 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	43 km

Villages closest to Beguru

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 Beguru

As per the Census of India 2011, Beguru village had a population of 2,537. That makes it the 14th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents.

Beguru village has 1,279 males and 1,258 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Beguru has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Beguru is 577427. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Beguru covers 1383.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Beguru falls under Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Beguru is Kumsi, about 25 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 Beguru.

Beguru is about 43 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Beguru is in Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district. Shikarpur is about 5.0 km away. Shikaripura is about 5.0 km away. Kumsi is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.