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About Talan Village

Talan is a mid sized village in Bhatkal tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,391, made up of 699 males and 692 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 471.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581320, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Talan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Talan village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Bhatkal
Pincode 581320
Area (hectares) 471.95 hectares
Population 1,391
Male Population 699
Female Population 692
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 990
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Talan compares

By the 2011 count Talan is the 15th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,896 residents. Its 471.95 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Talan

Talan 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 Talan 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 Talan from other places

Talan lies about 74 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Bhatkal, about under 2 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 Talan
Nearest railway station Bhatkal under 2 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 74 km

Villages closest to Talan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Talan village had a population of 1,391. That makes it the 15th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,896 residents.

Talan village has 699 males and 692 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Talan has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Talan is 581320. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Talan covers 471.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Talan falls under Bhatkal tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Talan is Bhatkal, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 Talan.

Talan is about 74 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Talan is in Bhatkal tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Bhatkal is about under 2 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 74 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Purvarga (2.1 km), Murkodi (2.3 km) and Mudbhatkal (2.6 km).

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

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