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About Honnekere Village

Honnekere is a mid sized village in Hosdurga tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,480, made up of 772 males and 708 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 297.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577527, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Honnekere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Honnekere village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chitradurga
Tehsil Hosdurga
Pincode 577527
Area (hectares) 297.33 hectares
Population 1,480
Male Population 772
Female Population 708
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 917
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Honnekere compares

By the 2011 count Honnekere is the 43rd largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents. Its 297.33 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Honnekere

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

Honnekere lies about 50 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Hosadurga Road, 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 Honnekere
Tehsil headquarters Hosdurga 6.2 km
Nearest town Hosadurga 6.2 km
Nearest railway station Hosadurga Road 12 km
District headquarters Chitradurga 50 km

Villages closest to Honnekere

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Honnekere village had a population of 1,480. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents.

Honnekere village has 772 males and 708 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Honnekere has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Honnekere is 577527. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Honnekere covers 297.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Honnekere falls under Hosdurga tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Honnekere is Hosadurga Road, 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 10+ km distance for Honnekere.

Honnekere is about 50 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Honnekere is in Hosdurga tehsil of Chitradurga district. Hosdurga is about 6.2 km away. Hosadurga is about 6.2 km away. Hosadurga Road is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rangapura (under 2 km), Aralihalli (1.7 km) and Nagenahalli (1.9 km).

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

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