About Gunjanur Village

Gunjanur is a mid sized village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,062, made up of 548 males and 514 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 979.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gunjanur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gunjanur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577429
Area (hectares)	979.58 hectares
Population	1,062
Male Population	548
Female Population	514
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gunjanur compares

By the 2011 count Gunjanur is the 46th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 979.58 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Gunjanur

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

Gunjanur lies about 81 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 21 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 Gunjanur
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	10 km
Nearest railway station	Kanale	21 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	27 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	81 km

Villages closest to Gunjanur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gunjanur village had a population of 1,062. That makes it the 46th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Gunjanur village has 548 males and 514 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gunjanur has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Gunjanur is 577429. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gunjanur covers 979.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gunjanur falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gunjanur is Kanale, about 21 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 Gunjanur.

Gunjanur is about 81 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gunjanur is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 10 km away. Kanale is about 21 km away. Sāgar is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.