About Kalase Village

Kalase is a small village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 495, made up of 245 males and 250 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1032.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577426, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalase Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalase village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Hosanagara
Pincode	577426
Area (hectares)	1032.84 hectares
Population	495
Male Population	245
Female Population	250
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalase compares

By the 2011 count Kalase is the 88th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 1032.84 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 1025.

Getting to Kalase

Kalase is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kalase as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Kalase from other places

Kalase lies about 68 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Sagar Jambagaru, about 25 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 Kalase
Tehsil headquarters	Hosanagara	15 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	25 km
Nearest railway station	Sagar Jambagaru	25 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	68 km

Villages closest to Kalase

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 Kalase

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalase village had a population of 495. That makes it the 88th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Kalase village has 245 males and 250 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalase has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Kalase is 577426. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalase covers 1032.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kalase falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kalase is Sagar Jambagaru, about 25 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kalase.

Kalase is about 68 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalase is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Hosanagara is about 15 km away. Sāgar is about 25 km away. Sagar Jambagaru is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.