About Gekaravalli Village

Gekaravalli is a small village in Alur tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 388, made up of 205 males and 183 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 184.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573213, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gekaravalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gekaravalli village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Tehsil	Alur
Pincode	573213
Area (hectares)	184.56 hectares
Population	388
Male Population	205
Female Population	183
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gekaravalli compares

By the 2011 count Gekaravalli is the 64th largest of the 239 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 318 residents. Its 184.56 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 Gekaravalli

Gekaravalli is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gekaravalli as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Gekaravalli from other places

Gekaravalli lies about 12 km from Hassan. 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 Gekaravalli
Tehsil headquarters	Alur	2.9 km
District headquarters	Hassan	12 km

Villages closest to Gekaravalli

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 Gekaravalli

As per the Census of India 2011, Gekaravalli village had a population of 388. That makes it the 64th largest of the 239 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 318 residents.

Gekaravalli village has 205 males and 183 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gekaravalli has about 893 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 Gekaravalli is 573213. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gekaravalli covers 184.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gekaravalli falls under Alur tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The census record for Gekaravalli notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gekaravalli.

Gekaravalli is about 12 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gekaravalli is in Alur tehsil of Hassan district. Alur is about 2.9 km away. Hassan is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.