About Karikere Village

Karikere is a mid sized village in Tiptur tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,501, made up of 757 males and 744 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 599.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karikere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karikere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Tiptur
Pincode	572202
Area (hectares)	599.28 hectares
Population	1,501
Male Population	757
Female Population	744
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	983
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Karikere compares

By the 2011 count Karikere is the 22nd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 734 residents. Its 599.28 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Karikere

Karikere is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Karikere 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karikere from other places

Karikere lies about 60 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Kardi, about 6.8 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 Karikere
Nearest railway station	Kardi	6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tiptur	11 km
Nearest town	Tiptūr	11 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	60 km

Villages closest to Karikere

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 Karikere

As per the Census of India 2011, Karikere village had a population of 1,501. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 734 residents.

Karikere village has 757 males and 744 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karikere has about 983 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Karikere is 572202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karikere covers 599.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karikere falls under Tiptur tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Karikere is Kardi, about 6.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Karikere.

Karikere is about 60 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karikere is in Tiptur tehsil of Tumkur district. Kardi is about 6.8 km away. Tiptur is about 11 km away. Tiptūr is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.