About Chalgera Village

Chalgera is a mid sized village in Aland tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,213, made up of 607 males and 606 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 998 females per 1000 males. The village covers 685.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585236, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chalgera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chalgera village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Aland
Pincode	585236
Area (hectares)	685.2 hectares
Population	1,213
Male Population	607
Female Population	606
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	998
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Chalgera compares

By the 2011 count Chalgera is the 91st largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,266 residents. Its 685.2 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Chalgera

Chalgera is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Chalgera 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chalgera from other places

Chalgera lies about 49 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Dudhani, about 7.4 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 Chalgera
Nearest railway station	Dudhani	7.4 km
Nearest town	Akalkot	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Aland	24 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	49 km

Villages closest to Chalgera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chalgera village had a population of 1,213. That makes it the 91st largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,266 residents.

Chalgera village has 607 males and 606 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chalgera has about 998 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Chalgera is 585236. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chalgera covers 685.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chalgera falls under Aland tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Chalgera is Dudhani, about 7.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Chalgera.

Chalgera is about 49 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chalgera is in Aland tehsil of Gulbarga district. Dudhani is about 7.4 km away. Akalkot is about 22 km away. Aland is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.