About Halkurke Village

Halkurke is a large village in Tiptur tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,984, made up of 1,486 males and 1,498 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1138.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halkurke Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halkurke village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Tiptur
Pincode	572201
Area (hectares)	1138.14 hectares
Population	2,984
Male Population	1,486
Female Population	1,498
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,008
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Halkurke compares

By the 2011 count Halkurke is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 734 residents. Its 1138.14 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Halkurke

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

Halkurke lies about 67 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Sree Sharada Nagar, about 12 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 Halkurke
Nearest railway station	Sree Sharada Nagar	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tiptur	13 km
Nearest town	Tiptūr	13 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	67 km

Villages closest to Halkurke

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Halkurke village had a population of 2,984. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 734 residents.

Halkurke village has 1,486 males and 1,498 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halkurke has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Halkurke is 572201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Halkurke covers 1138.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Halkurke falls under Tiptur tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Halkurke is Sree Sharada Nagar, about 12 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 Halkurke.

Halkurke is about 67 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halkurke is in Tiptur tehsil of Tumkur district. Sree Sharada Nagar is about 12 km away. Tiptur is about 13 km away. Tiptūr is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.