By population, Bokikere ranks #38 of 225 villages in Hosdurga mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bokikere is a village of 1,710 people in 377 households (Census 2011) in Hosdurga taluk, Chitradurga district, Karnataka, the 38th-largest of 225 villages in Hosdurga taluk. Literacy is 60%, 4 points below the taluk average of 64% and the sex ratio is 979 women per 1,000 men. It lies 46 km from the Chitradurga district centre, 28 km from Ajjampura, the nearest town, 16 km from Hosadurga Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 577527, served by Hosadurga post office; the LGD village code is 605865. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Hosadurga, 3 km away. The village votes in Hiriyur assembly constituency, represented by MLA D Sudakar. The population is estimated at 728 in 2026, down 57% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bokikere · this village | 1,710 | 60% | — |
| Bokikere · Ajjampura | 641 | 64% | 0 km N |
| Machenahalli · Tarikere | — | — | 2 km S |
| Machenahalli · Chikkamagaluru | 1,535 | 69% | 2 km S |
| Shivanekatte · Hosdurga | 1,174 | 66% | 2.5 km N |
| Adavi Sangenahalli · Hosdurga | 516 | 69% | 3.3 km S |
| Belagur · Hosdurga | 6,005 | 69% | 4.4 km NE |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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