About Nuz Village

Nuz is a mid sized village in Bhatkal tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 689, made up of 356 males and 333 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 829.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581320, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nuz Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nuz village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Bhatkal
Pincode	581320
Area (hectares)	829.09 hectares
Population	689
Male Population	356
Female Population	333
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nuz compares

By the 2011 count Nuz is the 28th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,896 residents. Its 829.09 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Nuz

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

Nuz lies about 79 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Shiroor, about 4.9 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 Nuz
Nearest railway station	Shiroor	4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhatkal	9.0 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	79 km

Villages closest to Nuz

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nuz village had a population of 689. That makes it the 28th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,896 residents.

Nuz village has 356 males and 333 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nuz has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Nuz is 581320. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nuz covers 829.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nuz falls under Bhatkal tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Nuz is Shiroor, about 4.9 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 Nuz.

Nuz is about 79 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nuz is in Bhatkal tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Shiroor is about 4.9 km away. Bhatkal is about 9.0 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 79 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.