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About Algeri Village

Algeri is a large village in Ankola tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,081, made up of 1,047 males and 1,034 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 433.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581314, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Algeri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Algeri village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Ankola
Pincode 581314
Area (hectares) 433.08 hectares
Population 2,081
Male Population 1,047
Female Population 1,034
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 988
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Algeri compares

By the 2011 count Algeri is the 9th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 979 residents. Its 433.08 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Algeri

Algeri is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Algeri as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Algeri from other places

Algeri lies about 28 km from Uttara Kannada. 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 Algeri
Tehsil headquarters Ankola 2.1 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 28 km

Villages closest to Algeri

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

Common questions about Algeri

As per the Census of India 2011, Algeri village had a population of 2,081. That makes it the 9th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 979 residents.

Algeri village has 1,047 males and 1,034 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Algeri has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Algeri is 581314. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Algeri covers 433.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Algeri falls under Ankola tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The census record for Algeri notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Algeri.

Algeri is about 28 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Algeri is in Ankola tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Ankola is about 2.1 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bobruwada (2.7 km), Vandige (3.4 km) and Bole (4.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Algeri today is likely to be higher.

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