About Karekeshwara Village

Karekeshwara is a large village in Narasimharajapura tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,651, made up of 1,282 males and 1,369 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,068 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2916.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karekeshwara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karekeshwara village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Narasimharajapura
Pincode	577112
Area (hectares)	2916.8 hectares
Population	2,651
Male Population	1,282
Female Population	1,369
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,068
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karekeshwara compares

By the 2011 count Karekeshwara is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,029 residents. Its 2916.8 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1042.

Getting to Karekeshwara

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

Karekeshwara lies about 40 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Chikkamagaluru, about 42 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 Karekeshwara
Tehsil headquarters	Narasimharajapura	22 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	40 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	40 km
Nearest railway station	Chikkamagaluru	42 km

Villages closest to Karekeshwara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karekeshwara village had a population of 2,651. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,029 residents.

Karekeshwara village has 1,282 males and 1,369 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karekeshwara has about 1068 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1042.

The pincode recorded for Karekeshwara is 577112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karekeshwara covers 2916.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karekeshwara falls under Narasimharajapura tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Karekeshwara is Chikkamagaluru, about 42 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Karekeshwara.

Karekeshwara is about 40 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karekeshwara is in Narasimharajapura tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Narasimharajapura is about 22 km away. Chikmagalur is about 40 km away. Someshwar is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.