About Kalve Village

Kalve is a mid sized village in Kumta tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 715, made up of 383 males and 332 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1132.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581323, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalve Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalve village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Kumta
Pincode	581323
Area (hectares)	1132.27 hectares
Population	715
Male Population	383
Female Population	332
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	867
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 Kalve compares

By the 2011 count Kalve is the 49th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 1132.27 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 Kalve

Kalve is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kalve 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 Kalve from other places

Kalve lies about 24 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Kumta, about 20 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 Kalve
Nearest railway station	Kumta	20 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	24 km

Villages closest to Kalve

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 Kalve

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalve village had a population of 715. That makes it the 49th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Kalve village has 383 males and 332 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalve has about 867 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 Kalve is 581323. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalve covers 1132.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Kalve is Kumta, about 20 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 Kalve.

Kalve is about 24 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalve is in Kumta tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Kumta is about 20 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.