About Kalkere Village

Kalkere is a mid sized village in Piriyapatna tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 814, made up of 404 males and 410 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 530.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalkere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalkere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Mysore
Tehsil	Piriyapatna
Pincode	571108
Area (hectares)	530.67 hectares
Population	814
Male Population	404
Female Population	410
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalkere compares

By the 2011 count Kalkere is the 110th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,166 residents. Its 530.67 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Kalkere

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

Kalkere lies about 51 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 24 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 Kalkere
Tehsil headquarters	Piriyapatna	10 km
Nearest town	Hunsūr	15 km
Nearest railway station	Krishnaraja Nagar	24 km
District headquarters	Mysore	51 km

Villages closest to Kalkere

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalkere village had a population of 814. That makes it the 110th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,166 residents.

Kalkere village has 404 males and 410 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalkere has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Kalkere is 571108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalkere covers 530.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kalkere falls under Piriyapatna tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kalkere is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 24 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 Kalkere.

Kalkere is about 51 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalkere is in Piriyapatna tehsil of Mysore district. Piriyapatna is about 10 km away. Hunsūr is about 15 km away. Krishnaraja Nagar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.