About Hirekathur Village

Hirekathur is a small village in Tarikere tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 180, made up of 96 males and 84 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 403.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577228, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hirekathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hirekathur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Tarikere
Pincode	577228
Area (hectares)	403.68 hectares
Population	180
Male Population	96
Female Population	84
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Hirekathur compares

By the 2011 count Hirekathur is the 166th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 880 residents. Its 403.68 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 Hirekathur

Hirekathur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Hirekathur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Hirekathur from other places

Hirekathur lies about 45 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Bellenahalli, about 1.6 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 Hirekathur
Nearest railway station	Bellenahalli	1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tarikere	5.5 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	45 km

Villages closest to Hirekathur

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 Hirekathur

As per the Census of India 2011, Hirekathur village had a population of 180. That makes it the 166th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 880 residents.

Hirekathur village has 96 males and 84 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hirekathur has about 875 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 Hirekathur is 577228. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hirekathur covers 403.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hirekathur falls under Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hirekathur is Bellenahalli, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Hirekathur.

Hirekathur 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.

Hirekathur is in Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Bellenahalli is about 1.6 km away. Tarikere is about 5.5 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.