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About Yellapura Village

Yellapura is a large village in Tumkur tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,445, made up of 2,286 males and 2,159 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 251.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572016, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yellapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yellapura village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Tumkur
Tehsil Tumkur
Pincode 572016
Area (hectares) 251.42 hectares
Population 4,445
Male Population 2,286
Female Population 2,159
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 944
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Yellapura compares

By the 2011 count Yellapura is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 830 residents. Its 251.42 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 980.

Getting to Yellapura

Yellapura is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Yellapura 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Yellapura from other places

Yellapura lies about 26 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Tippasandra, about 6.0 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 Yellapura
Nearest railway station Tippasandra 6.0 km
Nearest town Kunigal 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Tumkur 26 km

Villages closest to Yellapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Yellapura village had a population of 4,445. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 830 residents.

Yellapura village has 2,286 males and 2,159 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yellapura has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 980.

The pincode recorded for Yellapura is 572016. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yellapura covers 251.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Yellapura falls under Tumkur tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Yellapura is Tippasandra, about 6.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Yellapura.

Yellapura is about 26 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yellapura is in Tumkur tehsil of Tumkur district. Tippasandra is about 6.0 km away. Kunigal is about 14 km away. Tumkur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Huliyapura (4.7 km), Thondagere (5.7 km) and Nidavalalu (5.8 km).

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

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