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About Yerrakote Village

Yerrakote is a mid sized village in Chintamani tehsil, in the district of Chikkaballapura, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 513, made up of 249 males and 264 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,060 females per 1000 males. The village covers 265.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 563146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yerrakote Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yerrakote village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chikkaballapura
Tehsil Chintamani
Pincode 563146
Area (hectares) 265.7 hectares
Population 513
Male Population 249
Female Population 264
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,060
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Yerrakote compares

By the 2011 count Yerrakote is the 153rd largest of the 325 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 650 residents. Its 265.7 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, well above the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Yerrakote

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

Yerrakote lies about 41 km from Chikkaballapura, and the nearest railway station is Chintamani, about 8.0 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 Yerrakote
Nearest railway station Chintamani 8.0 km
District headquarters Chikkaballapura 41 km

Villages closest to Yerrakote

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Yerrakote village had a population of 513. That makes it the 153rd largest of the 325 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 650 residents.

Yerrakote village has 249 males and 264 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yerrakote has about 1060 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Yerrakote is 563146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yerrakote covers 265.7 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.

Yerrakote falls under Chintamani tehsil of Chikkaballapura district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Yerrakote is Chintamani, about 8.0 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 - 10 km distance for Yerrakote.

Yerrakote is about 41 km from Chikkaballapura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yerrakote is in Chintamani tehsil of Chikkaballapura district. Chintamani is about 8.0 km away. Chikkaballapura is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gudarlahalli (under 2 km), Gudumarlahalli (under 2 km) and Agrahara (under 2 km).

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

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