About Kalkeri Village

Kalkeri is a mid sized village in Kumta tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,191, made up of 623 males and 568 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 536.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581343, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalkeri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalkeri village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Kumta
Pincode	581343
Area (hectares)	536.62 hectares
Population	1,191
Male Population	623
Female Population	568
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kalkeri compares

By the 2011 count Kalkeri is the 31st largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 536.62 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Kalkeri

Kalkeri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kalkeri 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kalkeri from other places

Kalkeri lies about 30 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 Kalkeri
Tehsil headquarters	Kumta	3.0 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	30 km

Villages closest to Kalkeri

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 Kalkeri

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalkeri village had a population of 1,191. That makes it the 31st largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Kalkeri village has 623 males and 568 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalkeri has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Kalkeri is 581343. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalkeri covers 536.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Kalkeri notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Kalkeri is about 30 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalkeri is in Kumta tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Kumta is about 3.0 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.