About Kalkere Village

Kalkere is a mid sized village in Turuvekere tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 644, made up of 305 males and 339 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,111 females per 1000 males. The village covers 539.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalkere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalkere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Turuvekere
Pincode	572227
Area (hectares)	539.25 hectares
Population	644
Male Population	305
Female Population	339
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,111
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalkere compares

By the 2011 count Kalkere is the 94th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 653 residents. Its 539.25 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1009.

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 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 Kalkere from other places

Kalkere lies about 55 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Aralaguppe, about 12 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	Turuvekere	3.8 km
Nearest railway station	Aralaguppe	12 km
Nearest town	Tiptūr	21 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	55 km

Villages closest to Kalkere

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Turuvekere 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 644. That makes it the 94th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 653 residents.

Kalkere village has 305 males and 339 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalkere has about 1111 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Kalkere is 572227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalkere covers 539.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kalkere falls under Turuvekere tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kalkere is Aralaguppe, about 12 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 village for Kalkere.

Kalkere is about 55 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalkere is in Turuvekere tehsil of Tumkur district. Turuvekere is about 3.8 km away. Aralaguppe is about 12 km away. Tiptūr is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.