About Veerapur Village

Veerapur is a small village in Mundgod tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 462, made up of 248 males and 214 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 394.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581346, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Veerapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Veerapur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Mundgod
Pincode	581346
Area (hectares)	394.86 hectares
Population	462
Male Population	248
Female Population	214
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	863
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Veerapur compares

By the 2011 count Veerapur is the 48th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,009 residents. Its 394.86 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Veerapur

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

Veerapur lies about 63 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Saunshi, about 37 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 Veerapur
Tehsil headquarters	Mundgod	2.3 km
Nearest town	Shiggaon	21 km
Nearest railway station	Saunshi	37 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	63 km

Villages closest to Veerapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Veerapur village had a population of 462. That makes it the 48th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,009 residents.

Veerapur village has 248 males and 214 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Veerapur has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Veerapur is 581346. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Veerapur covers 394.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Veerapur falls under Mundgod tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Veerapur is Saunshi, about 37 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Veerapur.

Veerapur is about 63 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Veerapur is in Mundgod tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Mundgod is about 2.3 km away. Shiggaon is about 21 km away. Saunshi is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.