About Khurse Village

Khurse is a mid sized village in Sirsi tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 517, made up of 267 males and 250 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1404.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khurse Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khurse village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Sirsi
Pincode	581403
Area (hectares)	1404.6 hectares
Population	517
Male Population	267
Female Population	250
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khurse compares

By the 2011 count Khurse is the 90th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 548 residents. Its 1404.6 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Khurse

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

Khurse lies about 18 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Mirjan, about 28 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 Khurse
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sirsi	18 km
Nearest railway station	Mirjan	28 km

Villages closest to Khurse

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khurse village had a population of 517. That makes it the 90th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 548 residents.

Khurse village has 267 males and 250 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khurse has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Khurse is 581403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khurse covers 1404.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khurse falls under Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Khurse is Mirjan, about 28 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 Khurse.

Khurse is about 18 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khurse is in Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Uttara Kannada is about 18 km away. Sirsi is about 18 km away. Mirjan is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.