About Vittalapura Village

Vittalapura is a small village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 226, made up of 121 males and 105 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577413, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Vittalapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Vittalapura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577413
Area (hectares)	163.73 hectares
Population	226
Male Population	121
Female Population	105
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Vittalapura compares

By the 2011 count Vittalapura is the 207th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 163.73 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Vittalapura

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

Vittalapura lies about 87 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Haveri, about 39 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 Vittalapura
Nearest town	Hāngal	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	23 km
Nearest railway station	Haveri	39 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	87 km

Villages closest to Vittalapura

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 Vittalapura

As per the Census of India 2011, Vittalapura village had a population of 226. That makes it the 207th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Vittalapura village has 121 males and 105 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Vittalapura has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Vittalapura is 577413. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Vittalapura covers 163.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Vittalapura falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Vittalapura is Haveri, about 39 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 Vittalapura.

Vittalapura is about 87 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Vittalapura is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Hāngal is about 20 km away. Sorab is about 23 km away. Haveri is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.