Tarikere is a town, a taluk and is one of the two Subdivisional headquarter in the Chikmagalur district of Karnataka state, India.

There are trains from Chikmagalur, Mysore and Bangalore which stop at Tarikere (Station Code: TKE) on the way to Shimoga.

There is Channagiri taluk to the north, Narasimharajapura to the west, Chikmagalur to the south-west, and Kadur to the south.

Vigyan Industries, a subsidiary of BEML, is present near Tarikere and is a major producer of steel castings.

This was also the title for a song in the film Devara Duddu and was sung by the famous singer, S P Balasubramanyam.