About Karkhiyal Village

Karkhiyal is a mid sized village in Aurad tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,615, made up of 858 males and 757 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 977.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585443, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karkhiyal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkhiyal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bidar
Tehsil	Aurad
Pincode	585443
Area (hectares)	977.92 hectares
Population	1,615
Male Population	858
Female Population	757
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	882
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karkhiyal compares

By the 2011 count Karkhiyal is the 60th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,687 residents. Its 977.92 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Karkhiyal

Karkhiyal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karkhiyal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Karkhiyal from other places

Karkhiyal lies about 45 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Kamalnagar, about 16 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 Karkhiyal
Tehsil headquarters	Aurad	10 km
Nearest railway station	Kamalnagar	16 km
Nearest town	Udgīr	26 km
District headquarters	Bidar	45 km

Villages closest to Karkhiyal

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

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Common questions about Karkhiyal

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkhiyal village had a population of 1,615. That makes it the 60th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,687 residents.

Karkhiyal village has 858 males and 757 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkhiyal has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Karkhiyal is 585443. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karkhiyal covers 977.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karkhiyal falls under Aurad tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Karkhiyal is Kamalnagar, about 16 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 village for Karkhiyal.

Karkhiyal is about 45 km from Bidar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkhiyal is in Aurad tehsil of Bidar district. Aurad is about 10 km away. Kamalnagar is about 16 km away. Udgīr is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.