About Chikkur Village

Chikkur is a mid sized village in Arsikere tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,572, made up of 762 males and 810 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,063 females per 1000 males. The village covers 530.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chikkur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikkur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Tehsil	Arsikere
Pincode	573103
Area (hectares)	530.81 hectares
Population	1,572
Male Population	762
Female Population	810
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,063
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chikkur compares

By the 2011 count Chikkur is the 27th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 764 residents. Its 530.81 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Chikkur

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

Chikkur lies about 38 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Arsikere Junction, 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 Chikkur
Nearest railway station	Arsikere Junction	6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arsikere	6.4 km
District headquarters	Hassan	38 km

Villages closest to Chikkur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikkur village had a population of 1,572. That makes it the 27th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 764 residents.

Chikkur village has 762 males and 810 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikkur has about 1063 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Chikkur is 573103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chikkur covers 530.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chikkur falls under Arsikere tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Chikkur is Arsikere Junction, about 6.1 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 Chikkur.

Chikkur is about 38 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikkur is in Arsikere tehsil of Hassan district. Arsikere Junction is about 6.1 km away. Arsikere is about 6.4 km away. Hassan is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.