About Kallur Village

Kallur is a small village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 434, made up of 206 males and 228 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,107 females per 1000 males. The village covers 533.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577436, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kallur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kallur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Hosanagara
Pincode	577436
Area (hectares)	533.85 hectares
Population	434
Male Population	206
Female Population	228
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,107
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kallur compares

By the 2011 count Kallur is the 100th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 533.85 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1025.

Getting to Kallur

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

Kallur lies about 32 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 9.4 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 Kallur
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hosanagara	23 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	32 km
Nearest town	Shivamogga	32 km

Villages closest to Kallur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kallur village had a population of 434. That makes it the 100th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Kallur village has 206 males and 228 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kallur has about 1107 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Kallur is 577436. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kallur covers 533.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kallur falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kallur is Arasalu, about 9.4 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 Kallur.

Kallur is about 32 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kallur is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Arasalu is about 9.4 km away. Hosanagara is about 23 km away. Shimoga is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.