About Guruvalli Village

Guruvalli is a small village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 180, made up of 77 males and 103 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,338 females per 1000 males. The village covers 261.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577232, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guruvalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guruvalli village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577232
Area (hectares)	261.66 hectares
Population	180
Male Population	77
Female Population	103
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,338
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Guruvalli compares

By the 2011 count Guruvalli is the 189th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 261.66 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Guruvalli

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

Guruvalli lies about 45 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 36 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 Guruvalli
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	under 2 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	29 km
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	36 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	45 km

Villages closest to Guruvalli

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 Guruvalli

As per the Census of India 2011, Guruvalli village had a population of 180. That makes it the 189th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Guruvalli village has 77 males and 103 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guruvalli has about 1338 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Guruvalli is 577232. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Guruvalli covers 261.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Guruvalli falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Guruvalli is Arasalu, about 36 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Guruvalli.

Guruvalli is about 45 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guruvalli is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about under 2 km away. Someshwar is about 29 km away. Arasalu is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.