About Shirve Village

Shirve is a small village in Karwar tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 402, made up of 201 males and 201 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2589.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581400, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shirve Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shirve village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Karwar
Pincode	581400
Area (hectares)	2589.85 hectares
Population	402
Male Population	201
Female Population	201
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shirve compares

By the 2011 count Shirve is the 37th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,489 residents. Its 2589.85 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Shirve

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

Shirve lies about 36 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Karwar, about 12 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 Shirve
Nearest railway station	Karwar	12 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	36 km

Villages closest to Shirve

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shirve village had a population of 402. That makes it the 37th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,489 residents.

Shirve village has 201 males and 201 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shirve has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Shirve is 581400. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shirve covers 2589.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shirve falls under Karwar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Shirve is Karwar, about 12 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 10+ km distance for Shirve.

Shirve is about 36 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shirve is in Karwar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Karwar is about 12 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.