About Kalkere Village

Kalkere is a large village in Anekal tehsil, in the district of Bangalore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,793, made up of 1,761 males and 1,032 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 586 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 560083, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalkere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalkere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bangalore
Tehsil	Anekal
Pincode	560083
Area (hectares)	120.88 hectares
Population	2,793
Male Population	1,761
Female Population	1,032
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	586
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalkere compares

By the 2011 count Kalkere is the 30th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,554 residents. Its 120.88 hectares work out to about 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Kalkere

Kalkere is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kalkere 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 Kalkere from other places

Kalkere lies about 16 km from Bangalore, and the nearest railway station is Konanakunte Cross, about 6.9 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 Kalkere
Nearest railway station	Konanakunte Cross	6.9 km
Nearest town	Electronic City Phase I	8.2 km
District headquarters	Bangalore	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Anekal	18 km

Villages closest to Kalkere

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

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Common questions about Kalkere

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalkere village had a population of 2,793. That makes it the 30th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,554 residents.

Kalkere village has 1,761 males and 1,032 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalkere has about 586 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Kalkere is 560083. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalkere covers 120.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Kalkere falls under Anekal tehsil of Bangalore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kalkere is Konanakunte Cross, about 6.9 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 Kalkere.

Kalkere is about 16 km from Bangalore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalkere is in Anekal tehsil of Bangalore district. Konanakunte Cross is about 6.9 km away. Electronic City Phase I is about 8.2 km away. Bangalore is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.