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About Arakere Village

Arakere is a small village in Krishnarajanagara tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 103, made up of 51 males and 52 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 243.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571602, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Arakere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Arakere village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Mysore
Tehsil Krishnarajanagara
Pincode 571602
Area (hectares) 243.81 hectares
Population 103
Male Population 51
Female Population 52
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,020
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Arakere compares

By the 2011 count Arakere is the 140th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,429 residents. Its 243.81 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Arakere

Arakere is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Arakere 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Arakere from other places

Arakere lies about 23 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Yeliyur, about 11 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 Arakere
Nearest town Bannūr 10 km
Nearest railway station Yeliyur 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Krishnarajanagara 23 km
District headquarters Mysore 23 km

Villages closest to Arakere

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Arakere village had a population of 103. That makes it the 140th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,429 residents.

Arakere village has 51 males and 52 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Arakere has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Arakere is 571602. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Arakere covers 243.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Arakere falls under Krishnarajanagara tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Arakere is Yeliyur, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Arakere.

Arakere is about 23 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Arakere is in Krishnarajanagara tehsil of Mysore district. Bannūr is about 10 km away. Yeliyur is about 11 km away. Krishnarajanagara is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dammanahalli (2.9 km), Kodiyala (5.2 km) and Kalenahalli (6.5 km).

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

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