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About Yenekallu Village

Yenekallu is a large village in Sulya tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,684, made up of 1,336 males and 1,348 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2762.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574538, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yenekallu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yenekallu village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil Sulya
Pincode 574538
Area (hectares) 2762.81 hectares
Population 2,684
Male Population 1,336
Female Population 1,348
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,009
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Yenekallu compares

By the 2011 count Yenekallu is the 20th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,132 residents. Its 2762.81 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Yenekallu

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

Yenekallu lies about 39 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Bajakere, about 7.8 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 Yenekallu
Nearest railway station Bajakere 7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Sulya 22 km
Nearest town Madikeri 33 km
District headquarters Dakshina Kannada 39 km

Villages closest to Yenekallu

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.

Common questions about Yenekallu

As per the Census of India 2011, Yenekallu village had a population of 2,684. That makes it the 20th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,132 residents.

Yenekallu village has 1,336 males and 1,348 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

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

The pincode recorded for Yenekallu is 574538. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yenekallu covers 2762.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Yenekallu is Bajakere, about 7.8 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 Yenekallu.

Yenekallu 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.

Yenekallu is in Sulya tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Bajakere is about 7.8 km away. Sulya is about 22 km away. Madikeri is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Guthigaru (5.4 km), Inakidu (5.6 km) and Subramanya (5.7 km).

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

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