Chikkerur | |
|---|---|
village | |
  Chikkerur Location in Karnataka, India  Chikkerur Chikkerur (India) | |
| Coordinates: 14°31′57″N75°18′30″E / 14.532610°N 75.3083900°E Coordinates: 14°31′57″N75°18′30″E / 14.532610°N 75.3083900°E | |
| Country |  |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Haveri |
| Talukas | Hirekerur |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 6,820 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Chikkerur is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. [1] [2] It is located in the Hirekerur taluk of Haveri district in Karnataka.
Karnataka is a state in the south western region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as the State of Mysore, it was renamed Karnataka in 1973. The state corresponds to the Carnatic region. The capital and largest city is Bangalore.
India is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
Hirekerur is a panchayat town in Haveri district in the Indian state of Karnataka. The name "the village of the big pond". The name is pronounced as "Hee ray kay roor".
