About Alike Village

Alike is one of the larger villages in Bantval tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,840, made up of 3,206 males and 2,634 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 822 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1414.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574235, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alike Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alike village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Bantval
Pincode	574235
Area (hectares)	1414.12 hectares
Population	5,840
Male Population	3,206
Female Population	2,634
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	822
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Alike compares

By the 2011 count Alike is the 14th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 3,882 residents. Its 1414.12 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Alike

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

Alike lies about 19 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Neralakatte, about 9.8 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 Alike
Nearest railway station	Neralakatte	9.8 km
Nearest town	Puttūr	11 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bantval	19 km

Villages closest to Alike

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alike village had a population of 5,840. That makes it the 14th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,882 residents.

Alike village has 3,206 males and 2,634 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alike has about 822 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Alike is 574235. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alike covers 1414.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alike falls under Bantval tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Alike is Neralakatte, about 9.8 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 village for Alike.

Alike is about 19 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alike is in Bantval tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Neralakatte is about 9.8 km away. Puttūr is about 11 km away. Dakshina Kannada is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.