About Ganjigere Village

Ganjigere is a mid sized village in Tarikere tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 516, made up of 253 males and 263 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 300.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ganjigere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ganjigere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Tarikere
Pincode	577144
Area (hectares)	300.45 hectares
Population	516
Male Population	253
Female Population	263
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,040
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ganjigere compares

By the 2011 count Ganjigere is the 114th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 880 residents. Its 300.45 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Ganjigere

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

Ganjigere lies about 45 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Bellenahalli, about 6.7 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 Ganjigere
Nearest railway station	Bellenahalli	6.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tarikere	11 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	45 km

Villages closest to Ganjigere

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.

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Common questions about Ganjigere

As per the Census of India 2011, Ganjigere village had a population of 516. That makes it the 114th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 880 residents.

Ganjigere village has 253 males and 263 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ganjigere has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

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

Ganjigere covers 300.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ganjigere falls under Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Ganjigere is Bellenahalli, about 6.7 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 Ganjigere.

Ganjigere is about 45 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ganjigere is in Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Bellenahalli is about 6.7 km away. Tarikere is about 11 km away. Chikmagalur is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.