About Chilkur Village

Chilkur is a small village in Belur tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 270, made up of 128 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,109 females per 1000 males. The village covers 294.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chilkur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chilkur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Tehsil	Belur
Pincode	573216
Area (hectares)	294.53 hectares
Population	270
Male Population	128
Female Population	142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,109
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chilkur compares

By the 2011 count Chilkur is the 176th largest of the 331 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 460 residents. Its 294.53 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 1025.

Getting to Chilkur

Chilkur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chilkur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Chilkur from other places

Chilkur lies about 24 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Alur, about 20 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 Chilkur
Tehsil headquarters	Belur	7.0 km
Nearest town	Belūr	7.0 km
Nearest railway station	Alur	20 km
District headquarters	Hassan	24 km

Villages closest to Chilkur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chilkur village had a population of 270. That makes it the 176th largest of the 331 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 460 residents.

Chilkur village has 128 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chilkur has about 1109 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Chilkur is 573216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chilkur covers 294.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chilkur falls under Belur tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Chilkur is Alur, about 20 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chilkur.

Chilkur is about 24 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chilkur is in Belur tehsil of Hassan district. Belur is about 7.0 km away. Belūr is about 7.0 km away. Alur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.