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About Honakere Village

Honakere is a mid sized village in Turuvekere tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,017, made up of 498 males and 519 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 611.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Honakere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Honakere village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Tumkur
Tehsil Turuvekere
Pincode 572221
Area (hectares) 611.02 hectares
Population 1,017
Male Population 498
Female Population 519
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,042
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Honakere compares

By the 2011 count Honakere is the 36th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 653 residents. Its 611.02 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Honakere

Honakere is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Honakere as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Honakere from other places

Honakere lies about 45 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Ammasandra, about 16 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 Honakere
Tehsil headquarters Turuvekere 10 km
Nearest railway station Ammasandra 16 km
Nearest town Kunigal 32 km
District headquarters Tumkur 45 km

Villages closest to Honakere

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.

Common questions about Honakere

As per the Census of India 2011, Honakere village had a population of 1,017. That makes it the 36th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 653 residents.

Honakere village has 498 males and 519 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Honakere has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

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

Honakere covers 611.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Honakere falls under Turuvekere tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Honakere is Ammasandra, about 16 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 <5 km distance for Honakere.

Honakere is about 45 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Honakere is in Turuvekere tehsil of Tumkur district. Turuvekere is about 10 km away. Ammasandra is about 16 km away. Kunigal is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mangikuppe (2.1 km), Mugalur (2.4 km) and Talkere (3.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Honakere today is likely to be higher.

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