About Chikkapura Village

Chikkapura is a mid sized village in Turuvekere tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,005, made up of 487 males and 518 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,064 females per 1000 males. The village covers 499.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chikkapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikkapura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Turuvekere
Pincode	572221
Area (hectares)	499.15 hectares
Population	1,005
Male Population	487
Female Population	518
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,064
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikkapura compares

By the 2011 count Chikkapura is the 40th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 653 residents. Its 499.15 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Chikkapura

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

Chikkapura lies about 48 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is B.G Nagar, about 14 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 Chikkapura
Tehsil headquarters	Turuvekere	10 km
Nearest railway station	B.G Nagar	14 km
Nearest town	Tiptūr	32 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	48 km

Villages closest to Chikkapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikkapura village had a population of 1,005. That makes it the 40th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 653 residents.

Chikkapura village has 487 males and 518 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikkapura has about 1064 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Chikkapura is 572221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chikkapura covers 499.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chikkapura falls under Turuvekere tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Chikkapura is B.G Nagar, about 14 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 Chikkapura.

Chikkapura is about 48 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikkapura is in Turuvekere tehsil of Tumkur district. Turuvekere is about 10 km away. B.G Nagar is about 14 km away. Tiptūr is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.