About Kellaputhige Village

Kellaputhige is a mid sized village in Mangalore tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,364, made up of 679 males and 685 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 454.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574213, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kellaputhige Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kellaputhige village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Mangalore
Pincode	574213
Area (hectares)	454.6 hectares
Population	1,364
Male Population	679
Female Population	685
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,009
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kellaputhige compares

By the 2011 count Kellaputhige is the 65th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents. Its 454.6 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1060.

Getting to Kellaputhige

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

Kellaputhige lies about 39 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Nandikoor, about 26 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 Kellaputhige
Nearest town	Mūdbidri	8.6 km
Nearest railway station	Nandikoor	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mangalore	31 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	39 km

Villages closest to Kellaputhige

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kellaputhige village had a population of 1,364. That makes it the 65th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents.

Kellaputhige village has 679 males and 685 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kellaputhige has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1060.

The pincode recorded for Kellaputhige is 574213. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kellaputhige covers 454.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kellaputhige falls under Mangalore tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kellaputhige is Nandikoor, about 26 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kellaputhige.

Kellaputhige is about 39 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kellaputhige is in Mangalore tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Mūdbidri is about 8.6 km away. Nandikoor is about 26 km away. Mangalore is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.