About Nantur Village

Nantur is a mid sized village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 763, made up of 378 males and 385 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 915.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nantur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nantur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577411
Area (hectares)	915.54 hectares
Population	763
Male Population	378
Female Population	385
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nantur compares

By the 2011 count Nantur is the 49th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 915.54 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Nantur

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

Nantur lies about 62 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Barkur, about 44 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 Nantur
Nearest town	Someshwar	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	18 km
Nearest railway station	Barkur	44 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	62 km

Villages closest to Nantur

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 Nantur

As per the Census of India 2011, Nantur village had a population of 763. That makes it the 49th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Nantur village has 378 males and 385 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nantur has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1033.

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

Nantur covers 915.54 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.

Nantur falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Nantur is Barkur, about 44 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 Nantur.

Nantur is about 62 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nantur is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Someshwar is about 12 km away. Tirthahalli is about 18 km away. Barkur is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.