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About Anthapura Village

Anthapura is a small village in Sira tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 453, made up of 242 males and 211 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572437, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Anthapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anthapura village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Tumkur
Tehsil Sira
Pincode 572437
Area (hectares) 101.52 hectares
Population 453
Male Population 242
Female Population 211
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 872
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Anthapura compares

By the 2011 count Anthapura is the 152nd largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,149 residents. Its 101.52 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Anthapura

The census records public bus service for Anthapura as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Anthapura from other places

Anthapura lies about 49 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Gubbi, 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 Anthapura
Tehsil headquarters Sira 6.5 km
Nearest town Sīra 6.5 km
Nearest railway station Gubbi 44 km
District headquarters Tumkur 49 km

Villages closest to Anthapura

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

Common questions about Anthapura

As per the Census of India 2011, Anthapura village had a population of 453. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,149 residents.

Anthapura village has 242 males and 211 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anthapura has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Anthapura is 572437. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Anthapura covers 101.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Anthapura falls under Sira tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Anthapura is Gubbi, about 44 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Anthapura.

Anthapura is about 49 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anthapura is in Sira tehsil of Tumkur district. Sira is about 6.5 km away. Sīra is about 6.5 km away. Gubbi is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mudigere Kaval (under 2 km), Honnenahalli (under 2 km) and Mekerahalli (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Anthapura today is likely to be higher.

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