About Shankaranahalli Village

Shankaranahalli is a small village in Alur tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 160, made up of 92 males and 68 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 739 females per 1000 males. The village covers 60 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shankaranahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankaranahalli village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Tehsil	Alur
Pincode	573218
Area (hectares)	60 hectares
Population	160
Male Population	92
Female Population	68
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	739
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shankaranahalli compares

By the 2011 count Shankaranahalli is the 156th largest of the 239 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 318 residents. Its 60 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Shankaranahalli

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

How far is Shankaranahalli from other places

Shankaranahalli lies about 7.8 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Alur, about 8.0 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 Shankaranahalli
District headquarters	Hassan	7.8 km
Nearest railway station	Alur	8.0 km

Villages closest to Shankaranahalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shankaranahalli village had a population of 160. That makes it the 156th largest of the 239 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 318 residents.

Shankaranahalli village has 92 males and 68 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shankaranahalli has about 739 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Shankaranahalli is 573218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shankaranahalli covers 60 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shankaranahalli falls under Alur tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Shankaranahalli is Alur, about 8.0 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 5 - 10 km distance for Shankaranahalli.

Shankaranahalli is about 7.8 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shankaranahalli is in Alur tehsil of Hassan district. Hassan is about 7.8 km away. Alur is about 8.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.