About Kortikere Village

Kortikere is a mid sized village in Jagalur tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 828, made up of 437 males and 391 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 479.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577553, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kortikere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kortikere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Davanagere
Tehsil	Jagalur
Pincode	577553
Area (hectares)	479.36 hectares
Population	828
Male Population	437
Female Population	391
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kortikere compares

By the 2011 count Kortikere is the 80th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents. Its 479.36 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Kortikere

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

Kortikere lies about 36 km from Davanagere, and the nearest railway station is Mayakonda, about 29 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 Kortikere
Tehsil headquarters	Jagalur	9.7 km
Nearest railway station	Mayakonda	29 km
Nearest town	Chitradurga	32 km
District headquarters	Davanagere	36 km

Villages closest to Kortikere

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kortikere village had a population of 828. That makes it the 80th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents.

Kortikere village has 437 males and 391 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kortikere has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Kortikere is 577553. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kortikere covers 479.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kortikere falls under Jagalur tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kortikere is Mayakonda, about 29 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 Kortikere.

Kortikere is about 36 km from Davanagere in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kortikere is in Jagalur tehsil of Davanagere district. Jagalur is about 9.7 km away. Mayakonda is about 29 km away. Chitradurga is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.