About Keeranakere Village

Keeranakere is a small village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 271, made up of 131 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 446.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577415, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keeranakere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keeranakere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577415
Area (hectares)	446.13 hectares
Population	271
Male Population	131
Female Population	140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,069
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Keeranakere compares

By the 2011 count Keeranakere is the 157th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 446.13 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 1033.

Getting to Keeranakere

Keeranakere is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Keeranakere as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Keeranakere from other places

Keeranakere lies about 46 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 45 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 Keeranakere
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	14 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	31 km
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	45 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	46 km

Villages closest to Keeranakere

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Keeranakere village had a population of 271. That makes it the 157th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Keeranakere village has 131 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keeranakere has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Keeranakere is 577415. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keeranakere covers 446.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Keeranakere falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Keeranakere is Arasalu, about 45 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 village for Keeranakere.

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

Keeranakere is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 14 km away. Someshwar is about 31 km away. Arasalu is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.