About Basuru Village

Basuru is a mid sized village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 913, made up of 467 males and 446 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 311.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577419, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basuru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basuru village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577419
Area (hectares)	311.49 hectares
Population	913
Male Population	467
Female Population	446
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	955
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basuru compares

By the 2011 count Basuru is the 60th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 311.49 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Basuru

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

Basuru lies about 85 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 35 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 Basuru
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	16 km
Nearest town	Sirsi	27 km
Nearest railway station	Kanale	35 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	85 km

Villages closest to Basuru

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 Basuru

As per the Census of India 2011, Basuru village had a population of 913. That makes it the 60th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Basuru village has 467 males and 446 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basuru has about 955 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Basuru is 577419. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basuru covers 311.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basuru falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Basuru is Kanale, about 35 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 Basuru.

Basuru is about 85 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basuru is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 16 km away. Sirsi is about 27 km away. Kanale is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.