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About Shirlal Village

Shirlal is a large village in Karkal tehsil, in the district of Udupi, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,251, made up of 1,048 males and 1,203 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,148 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3672.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shirlal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shirlal village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Udupi
Tehsil Karkal
Pincode 574101
Area (hectares) 3672.92 hectares
Population 2,251
Male Population 1,048
Female Population 1,203
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,148
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shirlal compares

By the 2011 count Shirlal is the 36th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,743 residents. Its 3672.92 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 1097.

Getting to Shirlal

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

Shirlal lies about 13 km from Karkal, and the nearest railway station is Udupi, 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 Shirlal
Tehsil headquarters Karkal 13 km
Nearest town Kārkala 13 km
Nearest railway station Udupi 31 km

Villages closest to Shirlal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shirlal village had a population of 2,251. That makes it the 36th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,743 residents.

Shirlal village has 1,048 males and 1,203 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shirlal has about 1148 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1097.

The pincode recorded for Shirlal is 574101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shirlal covers 3672.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shirlal falls under Karkal tehsil of Udupi district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Shirlal is Udupi, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Shirlal.

Shirlal is about 13 km from Karkal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shirlal is in Karkal tehsil of Udupi district. Karkal is about 13 km away. Kārkala is about 13 km away. Udupi is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kukkuje (5.3 km), Jarkala (5.4 km) and Hermunde (5.7 km).

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

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