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About Yarehalli Village

Yarehalli is a mid sized village in Kadur tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 720, made up of 360 males and 360 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 391.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yarehalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yarehalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chikmagalur
Tehsil Kadur
Pincode 577116
Area (hectares) 391.43 hectares
Population 720
Male Population 360
Female Population 360
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Yarehalli compares

By the 2011 count Yarehalli is the 113th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 890 residents. Its 391.43 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Yarehalli

Yarehalli is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Yarehalli 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Yarehalli from other places

Yarehalli lies about 30 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Ballekere, about 3.4 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 Yarehalli
Nearest railway station Ballekere 3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Kadur 8.3 km
Nearest town Kadūr 8.3 km
District headquarters Chikmagalur 30 km

Villages closest to Yarehalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Yarehalli village had a population of 720. That makes it the 113th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 890 residents.

Yarehalli village has 360 males and 360 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yarehalli has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Yarehalli is 577116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yarehalli covers 391.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Yarehalli falls under Kadur tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Yarehalli is Ballekere, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Yarehalli is about 30 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yarehalli is in Kadur tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Ballekere is about 3.4 km away. Kadur is about 8.3 km away. Kadūr is about 8.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kuppalu (under 2 km), Alagatta (1.5 km) and Kurubagere (1.8 km).

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

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