About Shiragaru Village

Shiragaru is a mid sized village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,210, made up of 570 males and 640 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,123 females per 1000 males. The village covers 646.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577414, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shiragaru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shiragaru village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577414
Area (hectares)	646.07 hectares
Population	1,210
Male Population	570
Female Population	640
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,123
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shiragaru compares

By the 2011 count Shiragaru is the 16th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 646.07 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 Shiragaru

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

Shiragaru lies about 44 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 26 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 Shiragaru
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	14 km
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	26 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	37 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	44 km

Villages closest to Shiragaru

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 Shiragaru

As per the Census of India 2011, Shiragaru village had a population of 1,210. That makes it the 16th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Shiragaru village has 570 males and 640 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shiragaru has about 1123 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Shiragaru is 577414. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shiragaru covers 646.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shiragaru falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Shiragaru is Arasalu, about 26 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 Shiragaru.

Shiragaru is about 44 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shiragaru is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 14 km away. Arasalu is about 26 km away. Someshwar is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.