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About Yalavadal Village

Yalavadal is a mid sized village in Kalghatgi tehsil, in the district of Dharwad, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,236, made up of 632 males and 604 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 309.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yalavadal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yalavadal village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Dharwad
Tehsil Kalghatgi
Pincode 581212
Area (hectares) 309.43 hectares
Population 1,236
Male Population 632
Female Population 604
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 956
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Yalavadal compares

By the 2011 count Yalavadal is the 43rd largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,583 residents. Its 309.43 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Yalavadal

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

Yalavadal lies about 39 km from Dharwad, and the nearest railway station is Hubballi, about 32 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 Yalavadal
Tehsil headquarters Kalghatgi 8.6 km
Nearest town Shiggaon 28 km
Nearest railway station Hubballi 32 km
District headquarters Dharwad 39 km

Villages closest to Yalavadal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Yalavadal village had a population of 1,236. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,583 residents.

Yalavadal village has 632 males and 604 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yalavadal has about 956 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Yalavadal is 581212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yalavadal covers 309.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Yalavadal falls under Kalghatgi tehsil of Dharwad district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Yalavadal is Hubballi, about 32 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 village for Yalavadal.

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

Yalavadal is in Kalghatgi tehsil of Dharwad district. Kalghatgi is about 8.6 km away. Shiggaon is about 28 km away. Hubballi is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Aralihonda (under 2 km), Tavargeri (2.0 km) and Mukkall (2.8 km).

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

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