# Tarur Village, Sira, Tumkur (Karnataka) – PIN Code

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Village · Sira, Tumkur 

# Tarur

Tarur is a village in Sira sub-district of Tumkur district, Karnataka, PIN code **572125**. The 2011 Census counted **2,848 people in 680 households**, the 19th largest of 234 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.2%.

- 2,848people (2011)
- 680households
- 71.3%literacy
- 572125PIN code

## Tarur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Tarur is 572125.** Tarur falls in Sira sub-district, Tumkur district, Karnataka.

- PIN code572125
- Gram panchayatTarur
- Community development blockSira
- Census village code610489

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Tarur from nearby towns?

- Sira (sub-district HQ)22 km by road
- Tumkur (district HQ)35 km by road
- Sira (nearest town)22 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Tarur?

22 services counted by the Census are inside Tarur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Chikkanahalli
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sira
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sira
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 14 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Tarur known for?

The main crops are **ragi and tur dal**. About 74% of the 750 hectares of village land is sown, and 278 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Tarur

Of every 100 households in Tarur in 2011, 92 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Tarur · ■ Sira rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**80%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**88%

Tap water ****98%**

**59%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**94%

Use banking services ****47%**

**59%

Television ****48%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**27%

Own their home ****94%**

**93%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Tarur?

■ Tarur · ■ Sira rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.3%**

**69.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****845**

**947

Working population ****51.8%**

**55.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.3% for men and 63.2% for women. 66% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 438 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 245 (17%) · **■** Household industry 7 (0%) · **■** Other work 394 (27%) · **■** Marginal 391 (27%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Sira

- Tadakalur2,975 people
- Yaliyuru2,963 people
- Hunjunalu2,903 people
- Magodu2,859 people
- Chiratahalli2,815 people
- Doddabanagere2,782 people
- Ratnasandra2,681 people
- Yaladabagi2,577 people

[All 249 villages in Sira](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/tumkur/sira/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Tarur?572125
- How far is Tarur from Tumkur?35 km by road
- What is the population of Tarur?2,848 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tarur in?Tumkur district (Sira sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Tarur?71.3% (Census 2011)