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About Channur Village

Channur is a mid sized village in Shorapur tehsil, in the district of Yadgir, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,309, made up of 681 males and 628 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 565.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Channur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Channur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Yadgir
Tehsil Shorapur
Pincode 585215
Area (hectares) 565.83 hectares
Population 1,309
Male Population 681
Female Population 628
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 922
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Channur compares

By the 2011 count Channur is the 94th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents. Its 565.83 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Channur

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

Channur lies about 50 km from Yadgir, and the nearest railway station is Thangundi, about 44 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 Channur
Tehsil headquarters Shorapur 15 km
Nearest town Shorāpur 15 km
Nearest railway station Thangundi 44 km
District headquarters Yadgir 50 km

Villages closest to Channur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Channur village had a population of 1,309. That makes it the 94th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents.

Channur village has 681 males and 628 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Channur has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Channur is 585215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Channur covers 565.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Channur falls under Shorapur tehsil of Yadgir district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Channur is Thangundi, about 44 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 Channur.

Channur is about 50 km from Yadgir in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Channur is in Shorapur tehsil of Yadgir district. Shorapur is about 15 km away. Shorāpur is about 15 km away. Thangundi is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tippanatgi (4.3 km), Malgatti (4.4 km) and Machgundal (4.9 km).

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

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