About Kastur Village

Kastur is a small village in Siddapur tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 344, made up of 163 males and 181 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,110 females per 1000 males. The village covers 422.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581355, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kastur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kastur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Siddapur
Pincode	581355
Area (hectares)	422.24 hectares
Population	344
Male Population	163
Female Population	181
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,110
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kastur compares

By the 2011 count Kastur is the 97th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 427 residents. Its 422.24 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1010.

Getting to Kastur

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

Kastur lies about 48 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Talaguppa, about 19 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 Kastur
Tehsil headquarters	Siddapur	4.9 km
Nearest railway station	Talaguppa	19 km
Nearest town	Sirsi	27 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	48 km

Villages closest to Kastur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kastur village had a population of 344. That makes it the 97th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 427 residents.

Kastur village has 163 males and 181 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kastur has about 1110 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Kastur is 581355. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kastur covers 422.24 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.

Kastur falls under Siddapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kastur is Talaguppa, about 19 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 10+ km distance for Kastur.

Kastur is about 48 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kastur is in Siddapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Siddapur is about 4.9 km away. Talaguppa is about 19 km away. Sirsi is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.