About Shirkur Village

Shirkur is a small village in Honavar tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 378, made up of 187 males and 191 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1250.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581384, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shirkur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shirkur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Honavar
Pincode	581384
Area (hectares)	1250.92 hectares
Population	378
Male Population	187
Female Population	191
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,021
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shirkur compares

By the 2011 count Shirkur is the 67th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents. Its 1250.92 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Shirkur

Shirkur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shirkur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Shirkur from other places

Shirkur lies about 33 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Honnavar, about 9.7 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 Shirkur
Nearest railway station	Honnavar	9.7 km
Nearest town	Kumta	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Honavar	12 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	33 km

Villages closest to Shirkur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shirkur village had a population of 378. That makes it the 67th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents.

Shirkur village has 187 males and 191 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shirkur has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Shirkur is 581384. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shirkur covers 1250.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shirkur falls under Honavar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Shirkur is Honnavar, about 9.7 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 5 - 10 km distance for Shirkur.

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

Shirkur is in Honavar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Honnavar is about 9.7 km away. Kumta is about 11 km away. Honavar is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.