About Kalkardi Village

Kalkardi is a mid sized village in Sirsi tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 519, made up of 253 males and 266 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 561.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581318, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalkardi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalkardi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Sirsi
Pincode	581318
Area (hectares)	561.56 hectares
Population	519
Male Population	253
Female Population	266
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,051
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalkardi compares

By the 2011 count Kalkardi is the 87th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 548 residents. Its 561.56 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 988.

Getting to Kalkardi

Kalkardi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kalkardi 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 Kalkardi from other places

Kalkardi lies about 49 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 42 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 Kalkardi
Tehsil headquarters	Sirsi	18 km
Nearest railway station	Kanale	42 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	49 km

Villages closest to Kalkardi

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 Kalkardi

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalkardi village had a population of 519. That makes it the 87th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 548 residents.

Kalkardi village has 253 males and 266 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalkardi has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Kalkardi is 581318. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalkardi covers 561.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Kalkardi is Kanale, about 42 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 Kalkardi.

Kalkardi is about 49 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalkardi is in Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Sirsi is about 18 km away. Kanale is about 42 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.