About Kalanja Village

Kalanja is a large village in Sulya tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,154, made up of 1,067 males and 1,087 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 656.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalanja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalanja village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Sulya
Pincode	574212
Area (hectares)	656.86 hectares
Population	2,154
Male Population	1,067
Female Population	1,087
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalanja compares

By the 2011 count Kalanja is the 28th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,132 residents. Its 656.86 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Kalanja

Kalanja is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kalanja 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 Kalanja from other places

Kalanja lies about 27 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Kaniuru, about 13 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 Kalanja
Tehsil headquarters	Sulya	8.3 km
Nearest railway station	Kaniuru	13 km
Nearest town	Puttūr	22 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	27 km

Villages closest to Kalanja

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalanja village had a population of 2,154. That makes it the 28th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,132 residents.

Kalanja village has 1,067 males and 1,087 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalanja has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Kalanja is 574212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalanja covers 656.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kalanja falls under Sulya tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kalanja is Kaniuru, about 13 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 Kalanja.

Kalanja is about 27 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalanja is in Sulya tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Sulya is about 8.3 km away. Kaniuru is about 13 km away. Puttūr is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.