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About Anekal Village

Anekal is a large village in Hagaribommanahalli tehsil, in the district of Bellary, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,687, made up of 1,409 males and 1,278 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1696.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Anekal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anekal village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bellary
Tehsil Hagaribommanahalli
Pincode 583217
Area (hectares) 1696.24 hectares
Population 2,687
Male Population 1,409
Female Population 1,278
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 907
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Anekal compares

By the 2011 count Anekal is the 29th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,552 residents. Its 1696.24 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Anekal

Anekal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Anekal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Anekal from other places

Anekal lies about 71 km from Bellary, and the nearest railway station is Hagari Bommanahalli, about 6.9 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Anekal
Nearest railway station Hagari Bommanahalli 6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Hagaribommanahalli 7.8 km
Nearest town Kūdligi 19 km
District headquarters Bellary 71 km

Villages closest to Anekal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Hagaribommanahalli tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Anekal

As per the Census of India 2011, Anekal village had a population of 2,687. That makes it the 29th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,552 residents.

Anekal village has 1,409 males and 1,278 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anekal has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Anekal is 583217. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Anekal covers 1696.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Anekal falls under Hagaribommanahalli tehsil of Bellary district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Anekal is Hagari Bommanahalli, about 6.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Anekal.

Anekal is about 71 km from Bellary in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anekal is in Hagaribommanahalli tehsil of Bellary district. Hagari Bommanahalli is about 6.9 km away. Hagaribommanahalli is about 7.8 km away. Kūdligi is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Madur (3.1 km), Dasmapura (3.4 km) and Upparagatta (4.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Anekal today is likely to be higher.

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