About Karkuchi Village

Karkuchi is a large village in Tarikere tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,336, made up of 2,118 males and 2,218 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,047 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1043.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karkuchi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkuchi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Tarikere
Pincode	577144
Area (hectares)	1043.11 hectares
Population	4,336
Male Population	2,118
Female Population	2,218
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,047
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karkuchi compares

By the 2011 count Karkuchi is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 880 residents. Its 1043.11 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Karkuchi

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

Karkuchi lies about 48 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Masarahalli, about 9.6 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 Karkuchi
Nearest railway station	Masarahalli	9.6 km
Nearest town	Bhadrāvati	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tarikere	16 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	48 km

Villages closest to Karkuchi

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 Karkuchi

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkuchi village had a population of 4,336. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 880 residents.

Karkuchi village has 2,118 males and 2,218 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkuchi has about 1047 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

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

Karkuchi covers 1043.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karkuchi falls under Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Karkuchi is Masarahalli, about 9.6 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 village for Karkuchi.

Karkuchi is about 48 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkuchi is in Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Masarahalli is about 9.6 km away. Bhadrāvati is about 12 km away. Tarikere is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.