About Halekere Village

Halekere is a small village in Mudigere tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 459, made up of 231 males and 228 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 474.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halekere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halekere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Mudigere
Pincode	577132
Area (hectares)	474.23 hectares
Population	459
Male Population	231
Female Population	228
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	987
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Halekere compares

By the 2011 count Halekere is the 74th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 836 residents. Its 474.23 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1042.

Getting to Halekere

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

Halekere lies about 46 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Balupete, about 6.1 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 Halekere
Nearest railway station	Balupete	6.1 km
Nearest town	Sakleshpur	6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mudigere	32 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	46 km

Villages closest to Halekere

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Halekere village had a population of 459. That makes it the 74th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 836 residents.

Halekere village has 231 males and 228 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halekere has about 987 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1042.

The pincode recorded for Halekere is 577132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Halekere covers 474.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Halekere falls under Mudigere tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Halekere is Balupete, about 6.1 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 Halekere.

Halekere is about 46 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halekere is in Mudigere tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Balupete is about 6.1 km away. Sakleshpur is about 6.8 km away. Mudigere is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.