About Karikere Village

Karikere is a large village in Challakere tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,087, made up of 1,052 males and 1,035 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 829.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karikere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karikere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Challakere
Pincode	577522
Area (hectares)	829.18 hectares
Population	2,087
Male Population	1,052
Female Population	1,035
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karikere compares

By the 2011 count Karikere is the 46th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents. Its 829.18 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Karikere

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

Karikere lies about 41 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Challakere, about 12 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 Karikere
Nearest railway station	Challakere	12 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	41 km

Villages closest to Karikere

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.

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Common questions about Karikere

As per the Census of India 2011, Karikere village had a population of 2,087. That makes it the 46th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents.

Karikere village has 1,052 males and 1,035 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karikere has about 984 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 Karikere is 577522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karikere covers 829.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karikere falls under Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Karikere is Challakere, about 12 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 Karikere.

Karikere is about 41 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karikere is in Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district. Challakere is about 12 km away. Chitradurga is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.