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About Telkur Village

Telkur is a mid sized village in Sedam tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,475, made up of 730 males and 745 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 871.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585320, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Telkur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Telkur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Gulbarga
Tehsil Sedam
Pincode 585320
Area (hectares) 871.65 hectares
Population 1,475
Male Population 730
Female Population 745
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,021
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Telkur compares

By the 2011 count Telkur is the 35th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,584 residents. Its 871.65 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Telkur

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

Telkur lies about 54 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Kurgunta, about 4.7 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 Telkur
Nearest railway station Kurgunta 4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Sedam 7.5 km
District headquarters Gulbarga 54 km

Villages closest to Telkur

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.

Common questions about Telkur

As per the Census of India 2011, Telkur village had a population of 1,475. That makes it the 35th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,584 residents.

Telkur village has 730 males and 745 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Telkur has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Telkur is 585320. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Telkur covers 871.65 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.

Telkur falls under Sedam tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Telkur is Kurgunta, about 4.7 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 Telkur.

Telkur is about 54 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Telkur is in Sedam tehsil of Gulbarga district. Kurgunta is about 4.7 km away. Sedam is about 7.5 km away. Gulbarga is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sangavi (under 2 km), Yadhalli (1.6 km) and Habal (2.7 km).

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

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