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About Kalugar Village

Kalugar is a small village in Sirsi tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 92, made up of 49 males and 43 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 216.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581315, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalugar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalugar village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Sirsi
Pincode 581315
Area (hectares) 216.77 hectares
Population 92
Male Population 49
Female Population 43
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 878
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalugar compares

By the 2011 count Kalugar is the 204th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 548 residents. Its 216.77 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 988.

Getting to Kalugar

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

Kalugar lies about 25 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Mirjan, 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 Kalugar
Tehsil headquarters Sirsi 5.2 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 25 km
Nearest railway station Mirjan 42 km

Villages closest to Kalugar

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.

Common questions about Kalugar

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalugar village had a population of 92. That makes it the 204th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 548 residents.

Kalugar village has 49 males and 43 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalugar has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Kalugar is 581315. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalugar covers 216.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Kalugar is Mirjan, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kalugar.

Kalugar is about 25 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalugar is in Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Sirsi is about 5.2 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 25 km away. Mirjan is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Manajavalli (1.8 km), Hedigemane (1.8 km) and Hutgar (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kalugar today is likely to be higher.

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