About Kaliggeri Village

Kaliggeri is a mid sized village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 680, made up of 350 males and 330 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 180.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577419, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kaliggeri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kaliggeri village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577419
Area (hectares)	180.45 hectares
Population	680
Male Population	350
Female Population	330
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	943
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kaliggeri compares

By the 2011 count Kaliggeri is the 91st largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 180.45 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Kaliggeri

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

Kaliggeri lies about 90 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 40 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 Kaliggeri
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	21 km
Nearest town	Hāngal	23 km
Nearest railway station	Kanale	40 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	90 km

Villages closest to Kaliggeri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kaliggeri village had a population of 680. That makes it the 91st largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Kaliggeri village has 350 males and 330 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kaliggeri has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Kaliggeri is 577419. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kaliggeri covers 180.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kaliggeri falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kaliggeri is Kanale, about 40 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 Kaliggeri.

Kaliggeri is about 90 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kaliggeri is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 21 km away. Hāngal is about 23 km away. Kanale is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.