About Otikere Village

Otikere is a mid sized village in Chiknayakanhalli tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 580, made up of 298 males and 282 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 280.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Otikere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Otikere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Chiknayakanhalli
Pincode	572226
Area (hectares)	280.1 hectares
Population	580
Male Population	298
Female Population	282
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Otikere compares

By the 2011 count Otikere is the 106th largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 280.1 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Otikere

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

Otikere lies about 64 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Banashankari, about 24 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 Otikere
Tehsil headquarters	Chiknayakanhalli	13 km
Nearest town	Chiknāyakanhalli	13 km
Nearest railway station	Banashankari	24 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	64 km

Villages closest to Otikere

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 Otikere

As per the Census of India 2011, Otikere village had a population of 580. That makes it the 106th largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Otikere village has 298 males and 282 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Otikere has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Otikere is 572226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Otikere covers 280.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Otikere falls under Chiknayakanhalli tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Otikere is Banashankari, about 24 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 Otikere.

Otikere is about 64 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Otikere is in Chiknayakanhalli tehsil of Tumkur district. Chiknayakanhalli is about 13 km away. Chiknāyakanhalli is about 13 km away. Banashankari is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.