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About Santhekerehalli Village

Santhekerehalli is a small village in Kadur tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 130, made up of 65 males and 65 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577548, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Santhekerehalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Santhekerehalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chikmagalur
Tehsil Kadur
Pincode 577548
Area (hectares) 57.2 hectares
Population 130
Male Population 65
Female Population 65
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Santhekerehalli compares

By the 2011 count Santhekerehalli is the 218th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 890 residents. Its 57.2 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Santhekerehalli

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

Santhekerehalli lies about 42 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Devanur, about 5.1 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 Santhekerehalli
Nearest railway station Devanur 5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Kadur 16 km
Nearest town Kadūr 16 km
District headquarters Chikmagalur 42 km

Villages closest to Santhekerehalli

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 Santhekerehalli

As per the Census of India 2011, Santhekerehalli village had a population of 130. That makes it the 218th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 890 residents.

Santhekerehalli village has 65 males and 65 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santhekerehalli 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 Santhekerehalli is 577548. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Santhekerehalli covers 57.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Santhekerehalli falls under Kadur tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Santhekerehalli is Devanur, about 5.1 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 10+ km distance for Santhekerehalli.

Santhekerehalli is about 42 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Santhekerehalli is in Kadur tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Devanur is about 5.1 km away. Kadur is about 16 km away. Kadūr is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mallappanahalli (under 2 km), Keresanthe (under 2 km) and Linglapura (1.6 km).

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

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