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By population, Varasandra ranks #106 of 292 villages in Sidlaghatta mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Varasandra is a village of 568 people in 117 households (Census 2011) in Sidlaghatta taluk, Chikkaballapura district, Karnataka, the 106th-largest of 292 villages in Sidlaghatta taluk. Literacy is 42%, 19 points below the taluk average of 61% and the sex ratio is 965 women per 1,000 men. It lies 30 km from the Chikkaballapura district centre, 29 km from B.Kothakota, the nearest town, 24 km from Chintamani railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 562104, served by Peresandra post office; the LGD village code is 624025. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, E. Thimmasandra, 5 km away. The village votes in Chikkballapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradeep Eshwar. The population is estimated at 670 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Thimmsandra →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varasandra · this village | 568 | 42% | — |
| Kondarajanahalli · Kolar | 1,903 | 67% | 1.8 km S |
| Battalapalli · Chelur | 255 | 46% | 1.8 km NW |
| Polanayakanahalli · Chintamani | 249 | 56% | 2.8 km NW |
| Pulukuntlapalli · Chelur | 506 | 57% | 3.5 km NW |
| Achaganapalli · Chelur | 1,257 | 51% | 3.8 km NW |
| Mallashettihalli · Davanagere | 483 | 57% | 3.8 km SW |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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