About Challal Village

Challal is a mid sized village in Savanur tehsil, in the district of Haveri, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,472, made up of 746 males and 726 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 368.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Challal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Challal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Haveri
Tehsil	Savanur
Pincode	581118
Area (hectares)	368.05 hectares
Population	1,472
Male Population	746
Female Population	726
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Challal compares

By the 2011 count Challal is the 34th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,861 residents. Its 368.05 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 939.

Getting to Challal

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

Challal lies about 17 km from Haveri, and the nearest railway station is Kalsur, about 9.8 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 Challal
Nearest town	Bankāpur	5.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Savanur	6.3 km
Nearest railway station	Kalsur	9.8 km
District headquarters	Haveri	17 km

Villages closest to Challal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Challal village had a population of 1,472. That makes it the 34th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,861 residents.

Challal village has 746 males and 726 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Challal has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 939.

The pincode recorded for Challal is 581118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Challal covers 368.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Challal falls under Savanur tehsil of Haveri district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Challal is Kalsur, about 9.8 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 Challal.

Challal is about 17 km from Haveri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Challal is in Savanur tehsil of Haveri district. Bankāpur is about 5.8 km away. Savanur is about 6.3 km away. Kalsur is about 9.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.