About Sondekere Village

Sondekere is a large village in Hiriyur tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,320, made up of 1,144 males and 1,176 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1200.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577532, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sondekere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sondekere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Hiriyur
Pincode	577532
Area (hectares)	1200.2 hectares
Population	2,320
Male Population	1,144
Female Population	1,176
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,028
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sondekere compares

By the 2011 count Sondekere is the 34th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,525 residents. Its 1200.2 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Sondekere

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

Sondekere lies about 20 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Balenahalli, about 7.8 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 Sondekere
Nearest railway station	Balenahalli	7.8 km
Nearest town	Challakere	17 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hiriyur	27 km

Villages closest to Sondekere

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 Sondekere

As per the Census of India 2011, Sondekere village had a population of 2,320. That makes it the 34th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,525 residents.

Sondekere village has 1,144 males and 1,176 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sondekere has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Sondekere is 577532. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sondekere covers 1200.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sondekere falls under Hiriyur tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Sondekere is Balenahalli, about 7.8 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 Sondekere.

Sondekere is about 20 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sondekere is in Hiriyur tehsil of Chitradurga district. Balenahalli is about 7.8 km away. Challakere is about 17 km away. Chitradurga is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.