About Sawalgi Village

Sawalgi is a mid sized village in Aland tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,159, made up of 612 males and 547 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 551.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585316, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sawalgi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sawalgi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Aland
Pincode	585316
Area (hectares)	551.11 hectares
Population	1,159
Male Population	612
Female Population	547
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sawalgi compares

By the 2011 count Sawalgi is the 94th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,266 residents. Its 551.11 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Sawalgi

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

Sawalgi lies about 11 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Savalgi, about 2.3 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 Sawalgi
Nearest railway station	Savalgi	2.3 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	11 km
Nearest town	Kalaburagi	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Aland	30 km

Villages closest to Sawalgi

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 Sawalgi

As per the Census of India 2011, Sawalgi village had a population of 1,159. That makes it the 94th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,266 residents.

Sawalgi village has 612 males and 547 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sawalgi has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Sawalgi is 585316. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sawalgi covers 551.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sawalgi falls under Aland tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Sawalgi is Savalgi, about 2.3 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 5 - 10 km distance for Sawalgi.

Sawalgi is about 11 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sawalgi is in Aland tehsil of Gulbarga district. Savalgi is about 2.3 km away. Gulbarga is about 11 km away. Kalaburagi is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.