About Chalkapur Village

Chalkapur is a large village in Bhalki tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,149, made up of 2,097 males and 2,052 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1467.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585414, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chalkapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chalkapur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bidar
Tehsil	Bhalki
Pincode	585414
Area (hectares)	1467.87 hectares
Population	4,149
Male Population	2,097
Female Population	2,052
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	979
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chalkapur compares

By the 2011 count Chalkapur is the 10th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents. Its 1467.87 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Chalkapur

Chalkapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chalkapur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Chalkapur from other places

Chalkapur lies about 30 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Hallikhed, about 6.6 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 Chalkapur
Nearest railway station	Hallikhed	6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhalki	17 km
Nearest town	Bhālki	17 km
District headquarters	Bidar	30 km

Villages closest to Chalkapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chalkapur village had a population of 4,149. That makes it the 10th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents.

Chalkapur village has 2,097 males and 2,052 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chalkapur has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Chalkapur is 585414. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chalkapur covers 1467.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chalkapur falls under Bhalki tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Chalkapur is Hallikhed, about 6.6 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chalkapur.

Chalkapur is about 30 km from Bidar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chalkapur is in Bhalki tehsil of Bidar district. Hallikhed is about 6.6 km away. Bhalki is about 17 km away. Bhālki is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.