About Tenkayekkar Village

Tenkayekkar is a large village in Mangalore tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,445, made up of 1,660 males and 1,785 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,075 females per 1000 males. The village covers 640.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574509, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tenkayekkar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tenkayekkar village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Mangalore
Pincode	574509
Area (hectares)	640.64 hectares
Population	3,445
Male Population	1,660
Female Population	1,785
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,075
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tenkayekkar compares

By the 2011 count Tenkayekkar is the 20th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents. Its 640.64 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1060.

Getting to Tenkayekkar

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

Tenkayekkar lies about 44 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Jokatte, about 6.5 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 Tenkayekkar
Nearest railway station	Jokatte	6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mangalore	11 km
Nearest town	Mangaluru	11 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	44 km

Villages closest to Tenkayekkar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tenkayekkar village had a population of 3,445. That makes it the 20th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents.

Tenkayekkar village has 1,660 males and 1,785 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tenkayekkar has about 1075 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1060.

The pincode recorded for Tenkayekkar is 574509. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tenkayekkar covers 640.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tenkayekkar falls under Mangalore tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Tenkayekkar is Jokatte, about 6.5 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 Tenkayekkar.

Tenkayekkar is about 44 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tenkayekkar is in Mangalore tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Jokatte is about 6.5 km away. Mangalore is about 11 km away. Mangaluru is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.