About Kalkeri Village

Kalkeri is a mid sized village in Mundgod tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,044, made up of 521 males and 523 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 857.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581349, 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	Mundgod
Pincode	581349
Area (hectares)	857.69 hectares
Population	1,044
Male Population	521
Female Population	523
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,004
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalkeri compares

By the 2011 count Kalkeri is the 24th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,009 residents. Its 857.69 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

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 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Kalkeri from other places

Kalkeri lies about 55 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Kalsur, about 44 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 Kalkeri
Tehsil headquarters	Mundgod	7.9 km
Nearest town	Hāngal	22 km
Nearest railway station	Kalsur	44 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	55 km

Villages closest to Kalkeri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mundgod 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 1,044. That makes it the 24th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,009 residents.

Kalkeri village has 521 males and 523 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalkeri has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Kalkeri is 581349. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalkeri covers 857.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Kalkeri is Kalsur, about 44 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 village for Kalkeri.

Kalkeri is about 55 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 Mundgod tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Mundgod is about 7.9 km away. Hāngal is about 22 km away. Kalsur is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.