About Kalkeri Village

Kalkeri is a mid sized village in Kushtagi tehsil, in the district of Koppal, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 753, made up of 370 males and 383 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 601.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583278, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalkeri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalkeri village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Koppal
Tehsil	Kushtagi
Pincode	583278
Area (hectares)	601.97 hectares
Population	753
Male Population	370
Female Population	383
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,035
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalkeri compares

By the 2011 count Kalkeri is the 119th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,606 residents. Its 601.97 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Kalkeri

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

Kalkeri lies about 20 km from Koppal, and the nearest railway station is Bhanapur, about 17 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 Kalkeri
Nearest railway station	Bhanapur	17 km
District headquarters	Koppal	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kushtagi	28 km

Villages closest to Kalkeri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalkeri village had a population of 753. That makes it the 119th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,606 residents.

Kalkeri village has 370 males and 383 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalkeri has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Kalkeri is 583278. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalkeri covers 601.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kalkeri falls under Kushtagi tehsil of Koppal district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kalkeri is Bhanapur, about 17 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 Kalkeri.

Kalkeri is about 20 km from Koppal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalkeri is in Kushtagi tehsil of Koppal district. Bhanapur is about 17 km away. Koppal is about 20 km away. Kushtagi is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.