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About Chikkathur Village

Chikkathur is a small village in Tarikere tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 156, made up of 86 males and 70 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 814 females per 1000 males. The village covers 499.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chikkathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikkathur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chikmagalur
Tehsil Tarikere
Pincode 577144
Area (hectares) 499.73 hectares
Population 156
Male Population 86
Female Population 70
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 814
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chikkathur compares

By the 2011 count Chikkathur is the 171st largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 880 residents. Its 499.73 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Chikkathur

Chikkathur 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 Chikkathur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Chikkathur from other places

Chikkathur lies about 43 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Tarikere Junction, about 2.9 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 Chikkathur
Nearest railway station Tarikere Junction 2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Tarikere 3.0 km
District headquarters Chikmagalur 43 km

Villages closest to Chikkathur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikkathur village had a population of 156. That makes it the 171st largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 880 residents.

Chikkathur village has 86 males and 70 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikkathur has about 814 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Chikkathur is 577144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chikkathur covers 499.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chikkathur falls under Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Chikkathur is Tarikere Junction, about 2.9 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chikkathur.

Chikkathur is about 43 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikkathur is in Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Tarikere Junction is about 2.9 km away. Tarikere is about 3.0 km away. Chikmagalur is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Govindapura (under 2 km), Yalugere (2.1 km) and Shivagange (2.1 km).

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

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