About Shiruru Village

Shiruru is a mid sized village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 792, made up of 392 males and 400 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 675.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577424, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shiruru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shiruru village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577424
Area (hectares)	675.74 hectares
Population	792
Male Population	392
Female Population	400
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shiruru compares

By the 2011 count Shiruru is the 44th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 675.74 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 Shiruru

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

Shiruru lies about 42 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 42 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 Shiruru
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	13 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	34 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	42 km
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	42 km

Villages closest to Shiruru

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 Shiruru

As per the Census of India 2011, Shiruru village had a population of 792. That makes it the 44th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Shiruru village has 392 males and 400 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shiruru has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Shiruru is 577424. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shiruru covers 675.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shiruru falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Shiruru is Arasalu, about 42 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 Shiruru.

Shiruru is about 42 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shiruru is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 13 km away. Someshwar is about 34 km away. Shimoga is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.