About Kalkere Village

Kalkere is a mid sized village in Hosdurga tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,223, made up of 603 males and 620 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 776.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577542, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalkere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalkere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Hosdurga
Pincode	577542
Area (hectares)	776.41 hectares
Population	1,223
Male Population	603
Female Population	620
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,028
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalkere compares

By the 2011 count Kalkere is the 56th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents. Its 776.41 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 957.

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 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 Kalkere from other places

Kalkere lies about 58 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Hosadurga Road, about 27 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
Tehsil headquarters	Hosdurga	11 km
Nearest town	Hosadurga	11 km
Nearest railway station	Hosadurga Road	27 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	58 km

Villages closest to Kalkere

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Hosdurga 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 1,223. That makes it the 56th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents.

Kalkere village has 603 males and 620 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalkere has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Kalkere is 577542. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalkere covers 776.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kalkere falls under Hosdurga tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kalkere is Hosadurga Road, about 27 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 10+ km distance for Kalkere.

Kalkere is about 58 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalkere is in Hosdurga tehsil of Chitradurga district. Hosdurga is about 11 km away. Hosadurga is about 11 km away. Hosadurga Road is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.