About Kalkoppa Village

Kalkoppa is a small village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 171, made up of 91 males and 80 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 178.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalkoppa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalkoppa village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Hosanagara
Pincode	577418
Area (hectares)	178.04 hectares
Population	171
Male Population	91
Female Population	80
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	879
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalkoppa compares

By the 2011 count Kalkoppa is the 157th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 178.04 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Kalkoppa

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

Kalkoppa lies about 52 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Anandapuram, about 18 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 Kalkoppa
Tehsil headquarters	Hosanagara	5.9 km
Nearest railway station	Anandapuram	18 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	23 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	52 km

Villages closest to Kalkoppa

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 Kalkoppa

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalkoppa village had a population of 171. That makes it the 157th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Kalkoppa village has 91 males and 80 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalkoppa has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Kalkoppa is 577418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalkoppa covers 178.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kalkoppa falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kalkoppa is Anandapuram, about 18 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 Kalkoppa.

Kalkoppa is about 52 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalkoppa is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Hosanagara is about 5.9 km away. Anandapuram is about 18 km away. Sāgar is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.