By population, Basuru ranks #63 of 306 villages in Sorab mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basuru is a village of 913 people in 228 households (Census 2011) in Sorab taluk, Shivamogga district, Karnataka, the 63rd-largest of 306 villages in Sorab taluk. Literacy is 87%, 17 points above the taluk average of 69% and the sex ratio is 955 women per 1,000 men. It lies 57 km from the Shivamogga district centre, 32 km from Masur, the nearest town, 22 km from Balegundi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 577419, served by Jade post office; the LGD village code is 607455. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hospital Shigga, 5 km away. The village votes in Sorab assembly constituency, represented by MLA Madhu Bangarappa. The population is estimated at 1,394 in 2026, up 53% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dyavanahalli →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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