About Kalve Village

Kalve is a small village in Sirsi tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 497, made up of 254 males and 243 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 609.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalve Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalve village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Sirsi
Pincode	581403
Area (hectares)	609.11 hectares
Population	497
Male Population	254
Female Population	243
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalve compares

By the 2011 count Kalve is the 92nd largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 548 residents. Its 609.11 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Kalve

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

Kalve lies about 23 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Mirjan, about 39 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 Kalve
Tehsil headquarters	Sirsi	7.8 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	23 km
Nearest railway station	Mirjan	39 km

Villages closest to Kalve

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 Kalve

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalve village had a population of 497. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 548 residents.

Kalve village has 254 males and 243 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalve has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 988.

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

Kalve covers 609.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Kalve is Mirjan, about 39 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 Kalve.

Kalve is about 23 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalve is in Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Sirsi is about 7.8 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 23 km away. Mirjan is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.