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About Giriyammanahalli Village

Giriyammanahalli is a mid sized village in Challakere tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,866, made up of 942 males and 924 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1127 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577543, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Giriyammanahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Giriyammanahalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chitradurga
Tehsil Challakere
Pincode 577543
Area (hectares) 1127 hectares
Population 1,866
Male Population 942
Female Population 924
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 981
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Giriyammanahalli compares

By the 2011 count Giriyammanahalli is the 58th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents. Its 1127 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Giriyammanahalli

Giriyammanahalli 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 Giriyammanahalli 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Giriyammanahalli from other places

Giriyammanahalli lies about 37 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Talaku, about 2.3 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 Giriyammanahalli
Nearest railway station Talaku 2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Challakere 12 km
District headquarters Chitradurga 37 km

Villages closest to Giriyammanahalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Giriyammanahalli village had a population of 1,866. That makes it the 58th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents.

Giriyammanahalli village has 942 males and 924 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Giriyammanahalli has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Giriyammanahalli is 577543. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Giriyammanahalli covers 1127 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.

Giriyammanahalli falls under Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Giriyammanahalli is Talaku, about 2.3 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Giriyammanahalli.

Giriyammanahalli is about 37 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Giriyammanahalli is in Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district. Talaku is about 2.3 km away. Challakere is about 12 km away. Chitradurga is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thalaku (2.7 km), Chikkaammanahalli (3.3 km) and Devarahalli (3.7 km).

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

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