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About Algi Village

Algi is a mid sized village in Afzalpur tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 795, made up of 412 males and 383 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 465 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Algi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Algi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Gulbarga
Tehsil Afzalpur
Pincode 585301
Area (hectares) 465 hectares
Population 795
Male Population 412
Female Population 383
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 930
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Algi compares

By the 2011 count Algi is the 65th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,177 residents. Its 465 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Algi

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

Algi lies about 56 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Dudhani, about 31 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 Algi
Tehsil headquarters Afzalpur 13 km
Nearest railway station Dudhani 31 km
District headquarters Gulbarga 56 km

Villages closest to Algi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Algi village had a population of 795. That makes it the 65th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,177 residents.

Algi village has 412 males and 383 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Algi has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Algi is 585301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Algi covers 465 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Algi falls under Afzalpur tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Algi is Dudhani, about 31 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Algi.

Algi is about 56 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Algi is in Afzalpur tehsil of Gulbarga district. Afzalpur is about 13 km away. Dudhani is about 31 km away. Gulbarga is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ingalgi (5.3 km), Kolnur (5.6 km) and Shivpur (7.0 km).

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

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