About Katharikehal Village

Katharikehal is a mid sized village in Chiknayakanhalli tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,847, made up of 926 males and 921 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 761.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katharikehal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katharikehal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Chiknayakanhalli
Pincode	572214
Area (hectares)	761.06 hectares
Population	1,847
Male Population	926
Female Population	921
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	995
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katharikehal compares

By the 2011 count Katharikehal is the 19th largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 761.06 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Katharikehal

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

Katharikehal lies about 46 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Ammasandra, about 21 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 Katharikehal
Tehsil headquarters	Chiknayakanhalli	9.2 km
Nearest town	Chiknāyakanhalli	9.2 km
Nearest railway station	Ammasandra	21 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	46 km

Villages closest to Katharikehal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katharikehal village had a population of 1,847. That makes it the 19th largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Katharikehal village has 926 males and 921 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katharikehal has about 995 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Katharikehal is 572214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katharikehal covers 761.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katharikehal falls under Chiknayakanhalli tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Katharikehal is Ammasandra, about 21 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 village for Katharikehal.

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

Katharikehal is in Chiknayakanhalli tehsil of Tumkur district. Chiknayakanhalli is about 9.2 km away. Chiknāyakanhalli is about 9.2 km away. Ammasandra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.