About Bilkal Village

Bilkal is a mid sized village in Sedam tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 677, made up of 338 males and 339 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 399.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585318, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bilkal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bilkal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Sedam
Pincode	585318
Area (hectares)	399.62 hectares
Population	677
Male Population	338
Female Population	339
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,003
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bilkal compares

By the 2011 count Bilkal is the 86th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,584 residents. Its 399.62 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Bilkal

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

Bilkal lies about 63 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Malkhaid Road, about 23 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 Bilkal
Nearest town	Gurmatkāl	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sedam	22 km
Nearest railway station	Malkhaid Road	23 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	63 km

Villages closest to Bilkal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bilkal village had a population of 677. That makes it the 86th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,584 residents.

Bilkal village has 338 males and 339 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bilkal has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Bilkal is 585318. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bilkal covers 399.62 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.

Bilkal falls under Sedam tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Bilkal is Malkhaid Road, about 23 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 10+ km distance for Bilkal.

Bilkal is about 63 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bilkal is in Sedam tehsil of Gulbarga district. Gurmatkāl is about 16 km away. Sedam is about 22 km away. Malkhaid Road is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.