About Gilkenahalli Village

Gilkenahalli is a mid sized village in Holalkere tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,545, made up of 812 males and 733 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1033.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577526, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gilkenahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gilkenahalli village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Holalkere
Pincode	577526
Area (hectares)	1033.42 hectares
Population	1,545
Male Population	812
Female Population	733
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	903
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gilkenahalli compares

By the 2011 count Gilkenahalli is the 39th largest of the 159 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,148 residents. Its 1033.42 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 976.

Getting to Gilkenahalli

Gilkenahalli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gilkenahalli as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Gilkenahalli from other places

Gilkenahalli lies about 25 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Amritapura, about 7.2 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 Gilkenahalli
Tehsil headquarters	Holalkere	5.8 km
Nearest railway station	Amritapura	7.2 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	25 km

Villages closest to Gilkenahalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gilkenahalli village had a population of 1,545. That makes it the 39th largest of the 159 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,148 residents.

Gilkenahalli village has 812 males and 733 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gilkenahalli has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 976.

The pincode recorded for Gilkenahalli is 577526. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gilkenahalli covers 1033.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gilkenahalli falls under Holalkere tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gilkenahalli is Amritapura, about 7.2 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gilkenahalli.

Gilkenahalli is about 25 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gilkenahalli is in Holalkere tehsil of Chitradurga district. Holalkere is about 5.8 km away. Amritapura is about 7.2 km away. Chitradurga is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.