About Changaru Village

Changaru is a small village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 454, made up of 229 males and 225 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 535.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Changaru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Changaru village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577411
Area (hectares)	535.09 hectares
Population	454
Male Population	229
Female Population	225
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	983
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Changaru compares

By the 2011 count Changaru is the 107th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 535.09 hectares work out to about 0.8 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, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Changaru

Changaru is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Changaru as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Changaru from other places

Changaru lies about 59 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Barkur, about 46 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 Changaru
Nearest town	Someshwar	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	16 km
Nearest railway station	Barkur	46 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	59 km

Villages closest to Changaru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Changaru village had a population of 454. That makes it the 107th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Changaru village has 229 males and 225 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Changaru has about 983 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Changaru is 577411. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Changaru covers 535.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Changaru falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Changaru is Barkur, about 46 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 5 - 10 km distance for Changaru.

Changaru is about 59 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Changaru is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Someshwar is about 14 km away. Tirthahalli is about 16 km away. Barkur is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.