About Yelasi Village

Yelasi is a mid sized village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 699, made up of 359 males and 340 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 764.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yelasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yelasi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577429
Area (hectares)	764.75 hectares
Population	699
Male Population	359
Female Population	340
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	947
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Yelasi compares

By the 2011 count Yelasi is the 89th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 764.75 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Yelasi

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

Yelasi lies about 75 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 20 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 Yelasi
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	5.0 km
Nearest railway station	Kanale	20 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	24 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	75 km

Villages closest to Yelasi

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 Yelasi

As per the Census of India 2011, Yelasi village had a population of 699. That makes it the 89th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Yelasi village has 359 males and 340 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yelasi has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 986.

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

Yelasi covers 764.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Yelasi falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Yelasi is Kanale, about 20 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 Yelasi.

Yelasi is about 75 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yelasi is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 5.0 km away. Kanale is about 20 km away. Sāgar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.