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About Kallapura Village

Kallapura is a small village in Tarikere tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 333, made up of 165 males and 168 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 200.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577547, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kallapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kallapura village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chikmagalur
Tehsil Tarikere
Pincode 577547
Area (hectares) 200.4 hectares
Population 333
Male Population 165
Female Population 168
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,018
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kallapura compares

By the 2011 count Kallapura is the 145th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 880 residents. Its 200.4 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Kallapura

Kallapura 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 Kallapura 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kallapura from other places

Kallapura lies about 69 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Bhadravati, 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 Kallapura
Nearest town Channagiri 14 km
Nearest railway station Bhadravati 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Tarikere 26 km
District headquarters Chikmagalur 69 km

Villages closest to Kallapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kallapura village had a population of 333. That makes it the 145th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 880 residents.

Kallapura village has 165 males and 168 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kallapura has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Kallapura is 577547. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kallapura covers 200.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kallapura falls under Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kallapura is Bhadravati, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Kallapura is about 69 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kallapura is in Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Channagiri is about 14 km away. Bhadravati is about 17 km away. Tarikere is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kallahalu (6.9 km), Siddaramapura (8.9 km) and Sriramapura (8.9 km).

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

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