About Alakapura Village

Alakapura is a large village in Gauribidanur tehsil, in the district of Chikkaballapura, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,208, made up of 1,653 males and 1,555 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 625.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 561213, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alakapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alakapura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikkaballapura
Tehsil	Gauribidanur
Pincode	561213
Area (hectares)	625.59 hectares
Population	3,208
Male Population	1,653
Female Population	1,555
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Alakapura compares

By the 2011 count Alakapura is the 12th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents. Its 625.59 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Alakapura

Alakapura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Alakapura 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Alakapura from other places

Alakapura lies about 25 km from Chikkaballapura, and the nearest railway station is Someshwara, about 1.8 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 Alakapura
Nearest railway station	Someshwara	1.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gauribidanur	6.5 km
District headquarters	Chikkaballapura	25 km

Villages closest to Alakapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alakapura village had a population of 3,208. That makes it the 12th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents.

Alakapura village has 1,653 males and 1,555 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alakapura has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Alakapura is 561213. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alakapura covers 625.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alakapura falls under Gauribidanur tehsil of Chikkaballapura district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Alakapura is Someshwara, about 1.8 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 5 - 10 km distance for Alakapura.

Alakapura is about 25 km from Chikkaballapura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alakapura is in Gauribidanur tehsil of Chikkaballapura district. Someshwara is about 1.8 km away. Gauribidanur is about 6.5 km away. Chikkaballapura is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.