About Arikunte Village

Arikunte is a mid sized village in Srinivaspur tehsil, in the district of Kolar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 702, made up of 382 males and 320 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 147.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 563135, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Arikunte Overview

Census 2011 figures for Arikunte village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kolar
Tehsil	Srinivaspur
Pincode	563135
Area (hectares)	147.72 hectares
Population	702
Male Population	382
Female Population	320
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	838
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Arikunte compares

By the 2011 count Arikunte is the 87th largest of the 276 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 147.72 hectares work out to about 4.8 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 989.

Getting to Arikunte

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

Arikunte lies about 29 km from Kolar, and the nearest railway station is Dodnatta, about 6.3 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 Arikunte
Tehsil headquarters	Srinivaspur	6.3 km
Nearest railway station	Dodnatta	6.3 km
Nearest town	Srīnivāspur	6.3 km
District headquarters	Kolar	29 km

Villages closest to Arikunte

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Arikunte village had a population of 702. That makes it the 87th largest of the 276 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Arikunte village has 382 males and 320 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Arikunte has about 838 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Arikunte is 563135. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Arikunte covers 147.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Arikunte falls under Srinivaspur tehsil of Kolar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Arikunte is Dodnatta, about 6.3 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 Arikunte.

Arikunte is about 29 km from Kolar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Arikunte is in Srinivaspur tehsil of Kolar district. Srinivaspur is about 6.3 km away. Dodnatta is about 6.3 km away. Srīnivāspur is about 6.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.