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About Guruvalli Village

Guruvalli is a mid sized village in Sirsi tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 619, made up of 305 males and 314 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1100.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581336, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guruvalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guruvalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Sirsi
Pincode 581336
Area (hectares) 1100.15 hectares
Population 619
Male Population 305
Female Population 314
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,030
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Guruvalli compares

By the 2011 count Guruvalli is the 60th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 548 residents. Its 1100.15 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 988.

Getting to Guruvalli

Guruvalli is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Guruvalli as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Guruvalli from other places

Guruvalli lies about 17 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Mirjan, about 39 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 Guruvalli
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Sirsi 18 km
Nearest railway station Mirjan 39 km

Villages closest to Guruvalli

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.

Common questions about Guruvalli

As per the Census of India 2011, Guruvalli village had a population of 619. That makes it the 60th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 548 residents.

Guruvalli village has 305 males and 314 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guruvalli has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Guruvalli is 581336. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Guruvalli covers 1100.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Guruvalli is Mirjan, about 39 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Guruvalli.

Guruvalli is about 17 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guruvalli is in Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Uttara Kannada is about 17 km away. Sirsi is about 18 km away. Mirjan is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Vanalli (1.6 km), Gonsar (2.3 km) and Muregar (3.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Guruvalli today is likely to be higher.

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