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About Halekeralapura Village

Halekeralapura is a mid sized village in Arkalgud tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 530, made up of 255 males and 275 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573136, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halekeralapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halekeralapura village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Hassan
Tehsil Arkalgud
Pincode 573136
Area (hectares) 117.29 hectares
Population 530
Male Population 255
Female Population 275
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,078
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Halekeralapura compares

By the 2011 count Halekeralapura is the 120th largest of the 259 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 680 residents. Its 117.29 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Halekeralapura

Halekeralapura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Halekeralapura 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Halekeralapura from other places

Halekeralapura lies about 47 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Annechakanahali, about 22 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 Halekeralapura
Nearest railway station Annechakanahali 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Arkalgud 22 km
Nearest town Holenarasipura 24 km
District headquarters Hassan 47 km

Villages closest to Halekeralapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Halekeralapura village had a population of 530. That makes it the 120th largest of the 259 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 680 residents.

Halekeralapura village has 255 males and 275 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halekeralapura has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Halekeralapura is 573136. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Halekeralapura covers 117.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Halekeralapura falls under Arkalgud tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Halekeralapura is Annechakanahali, about 22 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Halekeralapura.

Halekeralapura is about 47 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halekeralapura is in Arkalgud tehsil of Hassan district. Annechakanahali is about 22 km away. Arkalgud is about 22 km away. Holenarasipura is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Abbur Machagowdanahalli (1.6 km), Kantapura (2.0 km) and Keralapura (2.0 km).

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

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