About Shelur Village

Shelur is a small village in Siddapur tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 348, made up of 169 males and 179 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 382.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581340, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shelur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shelur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Siddapur
Pincode	581340
Area (hectares)	382.47 hectares
Population	348
Male Population	169
Female Population	179
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,059
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shelur compares

By the 2011 count Shelur is the 96th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 427 residents. Its 382.47 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 Shelur

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

Shelur lies about 38 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Talaguppa, about 33 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 Shelur
Nearest town	Sirsi	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Siddapur	19 km
Nearest railway station	Talaguppa	33 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	38 km

Villages closest to Shelur

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 Shelur

As per the Census of India 2011, Shelur village had a population of 348. That makes it the 96th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 427 residents.

Shelur village has 169 males and 179 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shelur has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Shelur is 581340. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shelur covers 382.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Shelur is Talaguppa, about 33 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 Shelur.

Shelur is about 38 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shelur is in Siddapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Sirsi is about 13 km away. Siddapur is about 19 km away. Talaguppa is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.