About Kelginkeri Village

Kelginkeri is a small village in Sirsi tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 385, made up of 203 males and 182 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1502.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kelginkeri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kelginkeri village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Sirsi
Pincode	581403
Area (hectares)	1502.55 hectares
Population	385
Male Population	203
Female Population	182
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kelginkeri compares

By the 2011 count Kelginkeri is the 125th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 548 residents. Its 1502.55 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 Kelginkeri

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

Kelginkeri lies about 4.6 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Gokarna Road, about 26 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 Kelginkeri
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	4.6 km
Nearest railway station	Gokarna Road	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sirsi	26 km

Villages closest to Kelginkeri

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 Kelginkeri

As per the Census of India 2011, Kelginkeri village had a population of 385. That makes it the 125th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 548 residents.

Kelginkeri village has 203 males and 182 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kelginkeri has about 897 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 Kelginkeri is 581403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kelginkeri covers 1502.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Kelginkeri is Gokarna Road, about 26 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 Kelginkeri.

Kelginkeri is about 4.6 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kelginkeri is in Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Uttara Kannada is about 4.6 km away. Gokarna Road is about 26 km away. Sirsi is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.