About Metikurke Village

Metikurke is a mid sized village in Hiriyur tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,976, made up of 993 males and 983 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1810.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577599, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Metikurke Overview

Census 2011 figures for Metikurke village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Hiriyur
Pincode	577599
Area (hectares)	1810.77 hectares
Population	1,976
Male Population	993
Female Population	983
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	990
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Metikurke compares

By the 2011 count Metikurke is the 40th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,525 residents. Its 1810.77 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 970.

Getting to Metikurke

Metikurke is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Metikurke as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Metikurke from other places

Metikurke lies about 32 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Doddasiddavanhalli, about 25 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 Metikurke
Tehsil headquarters	Hiriyur	7.4 km
Nearest town	Hiriyūr	7.4 km
Nearest railway station	Doddasiddavanhalli	25 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	32 km

Villages closest to Metikurke

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Metikurke village had a population of 1,976. That makes it the 40th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,525 residents.

Metikurke village has 993 males and 983 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Metikurke has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Metikurke is 577599. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Metikurke covers 1810.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Metikurke falls under Hiriyur tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Metikurke is Doddasiddavanhalli, about 25 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 10+ km distance for Metikurke.

Metikurke is about 32 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Metikurke is in Hiriyur tehsil of Chitradurga district. Hiriyur is about 7.4 km away. Hiriyūr is about 7.4 km away. Doddasiddavanhalli is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.