About Bilur Village

Bilur is a mid sized village in Sirsi tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 546, made up of 283 males and 263 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 517.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581358, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bilur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bilur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Sirsi
Pincode	581358
Area (hectares)	517.17 hectares
Population	546
Male Population	283
Female Population	263
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bilur compares

By the 2011 count Bilur is the 80th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 548 residents. Its 517.17 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 Bilur

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

Bilur lies about 42 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 49 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 Bilur
Tehsil headquarters	Sirsi	13 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	42 km
Nearest railway station	Kanale	49 km

Villages closest to Bilur

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 Bilur

As per the Census of India 2011, Bilur village had a population of 546. That makes it the 80th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 548 residents.

Bilur village has 283 males and 263 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bilur has about 929 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 Bilur is 581358. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bilur covers 517.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Bilur is Kanale, about 49 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 Bilur.

Bilur is about 42 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bilur is in Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Sirsi is about 13 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 42 km away. Kanale is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.