About Kerekeri Village

Kerekeri is a mid sized village in Somvarpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 520, made up of 260 males and 260 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 194.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571231, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kerekeri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kerekeri village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Somvarpet
Pincode	571231
Area (hectares)	194.37 hectares
Population	520
Male Population	260
Female Population	260
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
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 Kerekeri compares

By the 2011 count Kerekeri is the 94th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents. Its 194.37 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1053.

Getting to Kerekeri

Kerekeri is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kerekeri 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 Kerekeri from other places

Kerekeri lies about 46 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Balupete, 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 Kerekeri
Nearest railway station	Balupete	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Somvarpet	22 km
Nearest town	Sakleshpur	22 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	46 km

Villages closest to Kerekeri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kerekeri village had a population of 520. That makes it the 94th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents.

Kerekeri village has 260 males and 260 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kerekeri has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1053.

The pincode recorded for Kerekeri is 571231. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kerekeri covers 194.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kerekeri falls under Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kerekeri is Balupete, about 20 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kerekeri.

Kerekeri is about 46 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kerekeri is in Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Balupete is about 20 km away. Somvarpet is about 22 km away. Sakleshpur is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.