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About Lakkur Village

Lakkur is a mid sized village in Gundlupet tehsil, in the district of Chamarajanagar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,258, made up of 621 males and 637 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 663.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lakkur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lakkur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chamarajanagar
Tehsil Gundlupet
Pincode 571123
Area (hectares) 663.94 hectares
Population 1,258
Male Population 621
Female Population 637
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,026
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Lakkur compares

By the 2011 count Lakkur is the 57th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,434 residents. Its 663.94 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Lakkur

Lakkur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Lakkur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Lakkur from other places

Lakkur lies about 17 km from Chamarajanagar, and the nearest railway station is Mariyalaganavadi, 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 Lakkur
Tehsil headquarters Gundlupet 13 km
Nearest town Gundlupēt 13 km
Nearest railway station Mariyalaganavadi 16 km
District headquarters Chamarajanagar 17 km

Villages closest to Lakkur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lakkur village had a population of 1,258. That makes it the 57th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,434 residents.

Lakkur village has 621 males and 637 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lakkur has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Lakkur is 571123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lakkur covers 663.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lakkur falls under Gundlupet tehsil of Chamarajanagar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Lakkur is Mariyalaganavadi, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Lakkur is about 17 km from Chamarajanagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lakkur is in Gundlupet tehsil of Chamarajanagar district. Gundlupet is about 13 km away. Gundlupēt is about 13 km away. Mariyalaganavadi is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Guruvinapura (2.5 km), Shyanadrahalli (2.8 km) and Balachavady (3.0 km).

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

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