Bijoor is a
Village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
near to Byndoor in the southern state of
Karnataka
Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
.
[Village code= 1291800 ][ Bijoor, Udupi, Karnataka ] It is located in the
Byndoor taluk
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ...
of
Udupi district in Karnataka.Bijur Gram Panchayat consists of a single village consisting of 4 broad wards. The village is bounded by the town of
Byndoor to the north,
Kergalu to the south,
Kaltodu to the east and
Uppunda village to the west. Bijoor village is located in 3 km from the taluk center and Hobali. The village has one high school, four higher primary schools and one private Shri Vivekananda English Medium School
that provides high-quality education.
Demographics
As of 2001 India
census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
, Bijoor had a population of 5791 with 2513 males and 3278 females.
Bijoor has a small halt railway station on the
Konkan
The Konkan is a stretch of land by the western coast of India, bound by the river Daman Ganga at Damaon in the north, to Anjediva Island next to Karwar town in the south; with the Arabian Sea to the west and the Deccan plateau to the eas ...
Railway Line.
See also
*
Byndoor
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Udupi
Udupi () also known as 'Odipu' () is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the administrative headquarters of Udupi district, and one of the fastest-growing cities in Karnataka. Udupi is one of the top tourist attractions in Karnataka an ...
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Districts of Karnataka
References
External links
* http://Udupi.nic.in/
Villages in Udupi district
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