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Krishnadevaraya-Era Inscription Unearthed in Ballari Region
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 605037
- Pincode
- 583152
- Post office
- Bellary Thermal Power Station
- Population
- 2,696
- Households
- 529
- Literacy rate
- 46.9%
- Sex ratio
- 923 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,243
- Distance to district centre
- 23 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 272 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 305 km
- Nearest railway station
- Daroji · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Rajapur compares
By population, Rajapur ranks #22 of 84 villages in Sandur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.9%
−4.8% vs mandal average
- Rajapur
- 46.9%
- Sandur mandal
- 51.7%
- Ballari district
- 58.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
923
−47 vs mandal average
- Rajapur
- 923
- Sandur mandal
- 970
Household size
people per home
5.1
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Rajapur
- 5.1
- Sandur mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rajapur at a glance
Rajapur is a village of 2,696 people in 529 households (Census 2011) in Sandur taluk, Ballari district, Karnataka, the 22nd-largest of 84 villages in Sandur taluk. Literacy is 47%, 5 points below the taluk average of 52% and the sex ratio is 923 women per 1,000 men. It lies 23 km from the Ballari district centre, 3 km from Daroji, the nearest town, 4 km from Daroji railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 583152, served by Bellary Thermal Power Station post office; the LGD village code is 605037. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 6 km away. The village votes in Sandur assembly constituency, represented by MLA E. Tukaram. The population is estimated at 3,179 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Rajapura →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rajapur · this village | 2,696 | 47% | — |
| Kondapura · Sandur | 328 | — | 0 km N |
| Basapura · Sandur | 0 | — | 0 km N |
| Malapur · Sandur | 1,155 | 39% | 0 km N |
| Sovenahalli · Sandur | 3,577 | 47% | 1.7 km NE |
| Jiginahalli · Sandur | 1,417 | 56% | 2.4 km N |
| Daroji · Sandur | 10,993 | 49% | 2.8 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Rajapur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SANDUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 38
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 35
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- METRIKI
- Total area (ha)
- 702.41
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 40.48
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Rajapur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Rajapur
- LGD code
- 605037
- Pincode
- 583152
- Post office
- Bellary Thermal Power Station
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,696
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,179
- Households
- 529
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 923
- Literacy rate
- 46.9%
- Coordinates
- 15.25662°N, 76.69015°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bellary
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sandur
- Member of Parliament
- E. Tukaram
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- E. Tukaram
- Block / Mandal
- Sandur
- Nearest railway station
- Daroji (3.5 km)
Getting there
How to reach Rajapur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bengaluru272 kmcapital
- Hyderabad305 km
- Chennai455 km
- Mumbai587 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDaroji4 km
- Bus stopVeni Virapura14 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital6 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India4 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum24 km
- CollegeSpgu Education Society Iti9 km
- Police stationPolice station7 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Daroji3.5 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Rajapur
2 Mosques mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 583152
Same name, different place
Other villages named Rajapur
Looking for a different Rajapur? The largest eight this name across India. All villages named Rajapur →
- RajapurLakhimpur · Kheri, Uttar Pradesh11,433 pop
- RajapurMudalgi · Belagavi, Karnataka8,122 pop
- RajapurRatua - II · Malda, West Bengal6,143 pop
- RajapurRajapur · Mahabubnagar, Telangana5,849 pop
- RajapurKunda · Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh5,623 pop
- RajapurSangamner · Ahmednagar, Maharashtra5,478 pop
- RajapurSimri · Buxar, Bihar5,196 pop
- RajapurMeja · Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh5,148 pop
Villages near Rajapur
Other villages in Sandur mandal
View all 60+ →- Daroji
- Toranagal
- Chornur
- Bandri
- Krishnanagar
- Yeswanthanagar
- Taranagar
- Bhujanganagar
- Suseelnagar
- Talur
- Hirekeriyaginahalli
- Bommagatta
- Agrahara
- Deogiri
- Sovenahalli
- Yerraiahnahalli
- Nidugurthi
- Antapur
- Vittalapur
- Dowlatpur
- Jaisingapur
- Kalingeri
- Devaramallapur
- Ankammanahal
- Mallapura 72
- Selieppanahalli
- Narasingapur
- Chikkakeriyaginahalli
- Kodalu
- Bannihatti
- Shro.Basapur
- Gollalingammanahalli
- Gundlahalli
- Nagalapur
- Kanakapur .B.C.
- Chapparadahalli Ubbalagandi
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)