About Kalgar Village

Kalgar is a small village in Sirsi tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 349, made up of 174 males and 175 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 345.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalgar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalgar village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Sirsi
Pincode	581403
Area (hectares)	345.75 hectares
Population	349
Male Population	174
Female Population	175
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalgar compares

By the 2011 count Kalgar is the 132nd largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 548 residents. Its 345.75 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Kalgar

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

How far is Kalgar from other places

Kalgar lies about 15 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Mirjan, 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 Kalgar
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sirsi	18 km
Nearest railway station	Mirjan	28 km

Villages closest to Kalgar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalgar village had a population of 349. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 548 residents.

Kalgar village has 174 males and 175 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalgar has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Kalgar is 581403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalgar covers 345.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kalgar falls under Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kalgar is Mirjan, 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kalgar.

Kalgar is about 15 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalgar is in Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Uttara Kannada is about 15 km away. Sirsi is about 18 km away. Mirjan is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.