About Rikkenalur Village

Rikkenalur is a mid sized village in Aland tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 587, made up of 288 males and 299 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 901.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rikkenalur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rikkenalur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Aland
Pincode	585104
Area (hectares)	901.95 hectares
Population	587
Male Population	288
Female Population	299
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,038
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rikkenalur compares

By the 2011 count Rikkenalur is the 123rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,266 residents. Its 901.95 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Rikkenalur

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

Rikkenalur lies about 20 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Hunsi Hadgil, about 6.1 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 Rikkenalur
Nearest railway station	Hunsi Hadgil	6.1 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	20 km
Nearest town	Kalaburagi	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Aland	20 km

Villages closest to Rikkenalur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rikkenalur village had a population of 587. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,266 residents.

Rikkenalur village has 288 males and 299 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rikkenalur has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Rikkenalur is 585104. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rikkenalur covers 901.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rikkenalur falls under Aland tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Rikkenalur is Hunsi Hadgil, about 6.1 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 Rikkenalur.

Rikkenalur is about 20 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rikkenalur is in Aland tehsil of Gulbarga district. Hunsi Hadgil is about 6.1 km away. Gulbarga is about 20 km away. Kalaburagi is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.