About Tarur Village

Tarur is a large village in Sira tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,848, made up of 1,446 males and 1,402 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 970 females per 1000 males. The village covers 750.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tarur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tarur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Sira
Pincode	572125
Area (hectares)	750.19 hectares
Population	2,848
Male Population	1,446
Female Population	1,402
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	970
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tarur compares

By the 2011 count Tarur is the 19th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,149 residents. Its 750.19 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Tarur

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

Tarur lies about 33 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Heggere, about 31 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 Tarur
Tehsil headquarters	Sira	16 km
Nearest town	Sīra	16 km
Nearest railway station	Heggere	31 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	33 km

Villages closest to Tarur

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.

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Common questions about Tarur

As per the Census of India 2011, Tarur village had a population of 2,848. That makes it the 19th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,149 residents.

Tarur village has 1,446 males and 1,402 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tarur has about 970 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Tarur is 572125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tarur covers 750.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tarur falls under Sira tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Tarur is Heggere, about 31 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 Tarur.

Tarur is about 33 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tarur is in Sira tehsil of Tumkur district. Sira is about 16 km away. Sīra is about 16 km away. Heggere is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.