About Pura Village

Pura is a small village in Sirsi tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 115, made up of 56 males and 59 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 195.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581358, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Sirsi
Pincode	581358
Area (hectares)	195.34 hectares
Population	115
Male Population	56
Female Population	59
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,054
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pura compares

By the 2011 count Pura is the 201st largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 548 residents. Its 195.34 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 Pura

Pura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pura as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Pura from other places

Pura lies about 37 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 50 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 Pura
Tehsil headquarters	Sirsi	9.0 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	37 km
Nearest railway station	Kanale	50 km

Villages closest to Pura

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 Pura

As per the Census of India 2011, Pura village had a population of 115. That makes it the 201st largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 548 residents.

Pura village has 56 males and 59 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pura has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Pura is 581358. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pura covers 195.34 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Pura is Kanale, about 50 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Pura.

Pura is about 37 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pura is in Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Sirsi is about 9.0 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 37 km away. Kanale is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.