About Nerlekere Village

Nerlekere is a mid sized village in Tarikere tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,819, made up of 909 males and 910 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,001 females per 1000 males. The village covers 539.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577228, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nerlekere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nerlekere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Tarikere
Pincode	577228
Area (hectares)	539.56 hectares
Population	1,819
Male Population	909
Female Population	910
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,001
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Nerlekere compares

By the 2011 count Nerlekere is the 17th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 880 residents. Its 539.56 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Nerlekere

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

How far is Nerlekere from other places

Nerlekere lies about 48 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Koranahalli, about 5.4 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 Nerlekere
Nearest railway station	Koranahalli	5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tarikere	7.4 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	48 km

Villages closest to Nerlekere

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 Nerlekere

As per the Census of India 2011, Nerlekere village had a population of 1,819. That makes it the 17th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 880 residents.

Nerlekere village has 909 males and 910 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nerlekere has about 1001 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Nerlekere is 577228. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nerlekere covers 539.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nerlekere falls under Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Nerlekere is Koranahalli, about 5.4 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 village for Nerlekere.

Nerlekere 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.

Nerlekere is in Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Koranahalli is about 5.4 km away. Tarikere is about 7.4 km away. Chikmagalur is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.