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About Chamalapur Village

Chamalapur is a mid sized village in Hungund tehsil, in the district of Bagalkot, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 631, made up of 302 males and 329 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,089 females per 1000 males. The village covers 737.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 587125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chamalapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chamalapur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bagalkot
Tehsil Hungund
Pincode 587125
Area (hectares) 737.48 hectares
Population 631
Male Population 302
Female Population 329
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,089
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chamalapur compares

By the 2011 count Chamalapur is the 108th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,267 residents. Its 737.48 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Chamalapur

Chamalapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chamalapur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chamalapur from other places

Chamalapur lies about 66 km from Bagalkot, and the nearest railway station is Linganabandi, about 42 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 Chamalapur
Nearest town Mudgal 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Hungund 25 km
Nearest railway station Linganabandi 42 km
District headquarters Bagalkot 66 km

Villages closest to Chamalapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chamalapur village had a population of 631. That makes it the 108th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,267 residents.

Chamalapur village has 302 males and 329 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chamalapur has about 1089 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Chamalapur is 587125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chamalapur covers 737.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chamalapur falls under Hungund tehsil of Bagalkot district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Chamalapur is Linganabandi, about 42 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Chamalapur.

Chamalapur is about 66 km from Bagalkot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chamalapur is in Hungund tehsil of Bagalkot district. Mudgal is about 16 km away. Hungund is about 25 km away. Linganabandi is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kambalihal (under 2 km), Harnapur (3.4 km) and Nandavadgi (4.5 km).

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

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