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About Gangrekaluve Village

Gangrekaluve is a mid sized village in Chikkaballapura tehsil, in the district of Chikkaballapura, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,383, made up of 691 males and 692 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,001 females per 1000 males. The village covers 656.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 562101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangrekaluve Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangrekaluve village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chikkaballapura
Tehsil Chikkaballapura
Pincode 562101
Area (hectares) 656.38 hectares
Population 1,383
Male Population 691
Female Population 692
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,001
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangrekaluve compares

By the 2011 count Gangrekaluve is the 26th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 674 residents. Its 656.38 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Gangrekaluve

Gangrekaluve is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gangrekaluve as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Gangrekaluve from other places

Gangrekaluve lies about 12 km from Chikkaballapura, and the nearest railway station is Gidnahalli, about 11 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 Gangrekaluve
Nearest railway station Gidnahalli 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Chikkaballapura 12 km
Nearest town Chik Ballāpur 12 km

Villages closest to Gangrekaluve

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangrekaluve village had a population of 1,383. That makes it the 26th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 674 residents.

Gangrekaluve village has 691 males and 692 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangrekaluve has about 1001 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Gangrekaluve is 562101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangrekaluve covers 656.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangrekaluve falls under Chikkaballapura tehsil of Chikkaballapura district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gangrekaluve is Gidnahalli, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gangrekaluve.

Gangrekaluve is about 12 km from Chikkaballapura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangrekaluve is in Chikkaballapura tehsil of Chikkaballapura district. Gidnahalli is about 11 km away. Chikkaballapura is about 12 km away. Chik Ballāpur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Doddathammanahalli (under 2 km), Lakkanayakanahalli (under 2 km) and Settivarahalli (1.6 km).

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

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