About Horakere Village

Horakere is a mid sized village in Gubbi tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 700, made up of 343 males and 357 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 268.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572213, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Horakere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Horakere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Gubbi
Pincode	572213
Area (hectares)	268.12 hectares
Population	700
Male Population	343
Female Population	357
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,041
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Horakere compares

By the 2011 count Horakere is the 125th largest of the 316 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 735 residents. Its 268.12 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Horakere

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

Horakere lies about 33 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Siddapura, about 17 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 Horakere
Nearest railway station	Siddapura	17 km
Nearest town	Kunigal	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gubbi	21 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	33 km

Villages closest to Horakere

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Horakere village had a population of 700. That makes it the 125th largest of the 316 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 735 residents.

Horakere village has 343 males and 357 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Horakere has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Horakere is 572213. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Horakere covers 268.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Horakere falls under Gubbi tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Horakere is Siddapura, about 17 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 Horakere.

Horakere is about 33 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Horakere is in Gubbi tehsil of Tumkur district. Siddapura is about 17 km away. Kunigal is about 20 km away. Gubbi is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.