About Arakere Village

Arakere is a mid sized village in Kunigal tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 735, made up of 386 males and 349 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 298.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572130, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Arakere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Arakere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Kunigal
Pincode	572130
Area (hectares)	298.12 hectares
Population	735
Male Population	386
Female Population	349
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	904
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Arakere compares

By the 2011 count Arakere is the 86th largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 298.12 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 1033.

Getting to Arakere

Arakere is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Arakere as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 40 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Kunigal, about 3.2 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 railway station	Kunigal	3.2 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	40 km

Villages closest to Arakere

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Arakere village had a population of 735. That makes it the 86th largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Arakere village has 386 males and 349 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Arakere has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Arakere is 572130. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Arakere covers 298.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Arakere falls under Kunigal tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Arakere is Kunigal, about 3.2 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Arakere.

Arakere is about 40 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Arakere is in Kunigal tehsil of Tumkur district. Kunigal is about 3.2 km away. Tumkur is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.