Challakere
Challakere is a city in Chitradurga district of Karnataka and serves as City Municipal Council. It is also a Block, Taluk and Taluka Panchayat of Chitradurga district.
As on December 2024, the current population of Challakere is 61.8 thousands out of which 30.9 thousands are males and rest 30.9 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this city is 1001 females per 1000 males. There are around 5.8 thousands teenagers in Challakere. It has literacy rate of 74% which means around 45.6 thousands persons can read and write. Total 10.4 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 15.5 thousands scheduled tribe people live in the city. There are around 13.5 thousands households in Challakere, which means every family has 5 members on average. The city has working population of 24.8 thousands.
These 7 villages comes under Challakere City Municipal Council.
- Belagere Kaval
- Challakere(Rural)
- Chowlur Kaval
- Kyathanamale
- Parashuramapura Kaval
- Thimmannanahalli
- Viswanathapura
Schools
Challakere has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Govt Pu College
- Vasavi English Medium High School
- Government Pre-University Composite College Thalaku
- Bapuji Composite Pre-University College (11-12)
- Government Httghs Challakere
Challakere Taluka Panchayat
K Thippeswamy is the President (Block Pramukh) of Taluka Panchayat Challakere, who can be contacted at email address ktthippeswamy08@gmail.com and mobile number 96639xxx91. The Block landline number is 08194-25**51. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is P S Ananthraju, who can be reached at email address eo.challakere@gmail.com and mobile number 94808xxx05. The Block address is Taluk Panchayath Challakere, Challakere, Pincode - 577522. You can reach there by taking a bus till Ksrtc Bus Stand which is less than a km away. The Block has internet facility.There are ten computers, two printers and two scanners available for various works.It also has a CSC center. Challakere Taluka Panchayat consists of total 40 Gram Panchayat.
- Abbenahalli
- Bedareddihalli
- Belagere
- Budnahatti
- Chennamanagathihalli
- Chowlur
- Devaramarikunte
- Devareddihalli
- Doddachellur
- Doddaullarthi
- Dodderi
- Ghataparthi
- Gopanahalli
- Gowdagere
- Gowrasamudra
- Hirehalli
- Jajur
- Mailanahalli
- Mallurahalli
- Mannekote
- Meerasaabihalli
- S.Mahadevapura
- Nagaramgere
- Nannivala
- Nelagethanahatti
- Neralagunte
- Obalapura
- P.Mahadevapura
- Pagadalabande
- Parashuramapura
- Ramajogihalli
- Renukapura
- Sanikere
- Siddeshvaranadurga
- Somaguddu
- T.N.Kote
- Talaku
- Thimmappaiyanahalli
- N.Devarahally
- Kaluvehalli
Other villages in Challakere Taluk
Challakere Taluk has total 1 villages which are currently not mapped to any Gram Panchayat.