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About Ashikeri Village

Ashikeri is a small village in Honavar tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 238, made up of 119 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 695.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ashikeri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ashikeri village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Honavar
Pincode 581334
Area (hectares) 695.29 hectares
Population 238
Male Population 119
Female Population 119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ashikeri compares

By the 2011 count Ashikeri is the 79th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents. Its 695.29 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Ashikeri

Ashikeri 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 Ashikeri as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ashikeri from other places

Ashikeri lies about 54 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Manki, about 10 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 Ashikeri
Nearest railway station Manki 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Honavar 19 km
Nearest town Bhatkal 21 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 54 km

Villages closest to Ashikeri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ashikeri village had a population of 238. That makes it the 79th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents.

Ashikeri village has 119 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ashikeri has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Ashikeri is 581334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ashikeri covers 695.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ashikeri falls under Honavar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Ashikeri is Manki, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Ashikeri.

Ashikeri is about 54 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ashikeri is in Honavar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Manki is about 10 km away. Honavar is about 19 km away. Bhatkal is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Adekekuli (3.6 km), Balemet (4.5 km) and Sampolli (4.7 km).

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

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