About Karkur Village

Karkur is a mid sized village in Bagepalli tehsil, in the district of Chikkaballapura, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 788, made up of 383 males and 405 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,057 females per 1000 males. The village covers 513.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 561207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karkur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikkaballapura
Tehsil	Bagepalli
Pincode	561207
Area (hectares)	513.26 hectares
Population	788
Male Population	383
Female Population	405
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,057
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karkur compares

By the 2011 count Karkur is the 66th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 723 residents. Its 513.26 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Karkur

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

How far is Karkur from other places

Karkur lies about 37 km from Chikkaballapura, and the nearest railway station is Devarapalli, about 33 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 Karkur
Tehsil headquarters	Bagepalli	3.7 km
Nearest town	Bāgepalli	3.7 km
Nearest railway station	Devarapalli	33 km
District headquarters	Chikkaballapura	37 km

Villages closest to Karkur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkur village had a population of 788. That makes it the 66th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 723 residents.

Karkur village has 383 males and 405 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkur has about 1057 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Karkur is 561207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karkur covers 513.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karkur falls under Bagepalli tehsil of Chikkaballapura district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Karkur is Devarapalli, about 33 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 village for Karkur.

Karkur is about 37 km from Chikkaballapura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkur is in Bagepalli tehsil of Chikkaballapura district. Bagepalli is about 3.7 km away. Bāgepalli is about 3.7 km away. Devarapalli is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.