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About Kallur Village

Kallur is a mid sized village in Sampgaon tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 705, made up of 347 males and 358 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 538.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kallur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kallur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Belgaum
Tehsil Sampgaon
Pincode 591114
Area (hectares) 538.84 hectares
Population 705
Male Population 347
Female Population 358
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,032
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Kallur compares

By the 2011 count Kallur is the 122nd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,515 residents. Its 538.84 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 981.

Getting to Kallur

Kallur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kallur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kallur from other places

Kallur lies about 25 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Sulebhavi, about 17 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 Kallur
Tehsil headquarters Sampgaon 3.9 km
Nearest town Bail-Hongal 15 km
Nearest railway station Sulebhavi 17 km
District headquarters Belgaum 25 km

Villages closest to Kallur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kallur village had a population of 705. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,515 residents.

Kallur village has 347 males and 358 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kallur has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Kallur is 591114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kallur covers 538.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kallur falls under Sampgaon tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kallur is Sulebhavi, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Kallur.

Kallur is about 25 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kallur is in Sampgaon tehsil of Belgaum district. Sampgaon is about 3.9 km away. Bail-Hongal is about 15 km away. Sulebhavi is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mardinagalapur (under 2 km), Tigadi (1.9 km) and Gaddikurvinkoppa (3.6 km).

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

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