About Kolkere Village

Kolkere is a small village in Channagiri tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 182, made up of 94 males and 88 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 243 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577213, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kolkere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kolkere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Davanagere
Tehsil	Channagiri
Pincode	577213
Area (hectares)	243 hectares
Population	182
Male Population	94
Female Population	88
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kolkere compares

By the 2011 count Kolkere is the 177th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents. Its 243 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Kolkere

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

Kolkere lies about 54 km from Davanagere, and the nearest railway station is Nulenuru, about 6.9 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 Kolkere
Nearest railway station	Nulenuru	6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Channagiri	15 km
District headquarters	Davanagere	54 km

Villages closest to Kolkere

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kolkere village had a population of 182. That makes it the 177th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents.

Kolkere village has 94 males and 88 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kolkere has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Kolkere is 577213. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kolkere covers 243 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kolkere falls under Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kolkere is Nulenuru, about 6.9 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 Kolkere.

Kolkere is about 54 km from Davanagere in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kolkere is in Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district. Nulenuru is about 6.9 km away. Channagiri is about 15 km away. Davanagere is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.