About Kalkuni Village

Kalkuni is a mid sized village in Sirsi tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 718, made up of 359 males and 359 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 319.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalkuni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalkuni village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Sirsi
Pincode	581403
Area (hectares)	319.56 hectares
Population	718
Male Population	359
Female Population	359
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalkuni compares

By the 2011 count Kalkuni is the 48th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 548 residents. Its 319.56 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Kalkuni

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

Kalkuni lies about 30 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Talaguppa, 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 Kalkuni
Tehsil headquarters	Sirsi	2.6 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	30 km
Nearest railway station	Talaguppa	44 km

Villages closest to Kalkuni

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 Kalkuni

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalkuni village had a population of 718. That makes it the 48th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 548 residents.

Kalkuni village has 359 males and 359 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalkuni has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 988.

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

Kalkuni covers 319.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

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

Kalkuni is about 30 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalkuni is in Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Sirsi is about 2.6 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 30 km away. Talaguppa is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.