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About Betakerur Village

Betakerur is a large village in Hirekerur tehsil, in the district of Haveri, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,151, made up of 1,088 males and 1,063 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 854.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Betakerur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Betakerur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Haveri
Tehsil Hirekerur
Pincode 581109
Area (hectares) 854.01 hectares
Population 2,151
Male Population 1,088
Female Population 1,063
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 977
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Betakerur compares

By the 2011 count Betakerur is the 27th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,682 residents. Its 854.01 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Betakerur

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

Betakerur lies about 30 km from Haveri, and the nearest railway station is Byadgi, about 25 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 Betakerur
Tehsil headquarters Hirekerur 9.8 km
Nearest town Byādgi 22 km
Nearest railway station Byadgi 25 km
District headquarters Haveri 30 km

Villages closest to Betakerur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Betakerur village had a population of 2,151. That makes it the 27th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,682 residents.

Betakerur village has 1,088 males and 1,063 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Betakerur has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Betakerur is 581109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Betakerur covers 854.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Betakerur falls under Hirekerur tehsil of Haveri district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Betakerur is Byadgi, about 25 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 10+ km distance for Betakerur.

Betakerur is about 30 km from Haveri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Betakerur is in Hirekerur tehsil of Haveri district. Hirekerur is about 9.8 km away. Byādgi is about 22 km away. Byadgi is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shitikonda (1.8 km), Arikatti (2.1 km) and Apinakoppa (2.5 km).

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

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