About Algar Village

Algar is a small village in Kumta tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 45, made up of 24 males and 21 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581323, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Algar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Algar village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Kumta
Pincode	581323
Area (hectares)	101.55 hectares
Population	45
Male Population	24
Female Population	21
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Algar compares

By the 2011 count Algar is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 101.55 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 979.

Getting to Algar

Algar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Algar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Algar from other places

Algar lies about 33 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Honnavar, about 28 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 Algar
Nearest railway station	Honnavar	28 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kumta	29 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	33 km

Villages closest to Algar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Algar village had a population of 45. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Algar village has 24 males and 21 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Algar has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Algar is 581323. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Algar covers 101.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Algar falls under Kumta tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Algar is Honnavar, about 28 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 10+ km distance for Algar.

Algar is about 33 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Algar is in Kumta tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Honnavar is about 28 km away. Kumta is about 29 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.