About Kalu Village

Kalu is a small village in Kapkot tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 404, made up of 182 males and 222 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,220 females per 1000 males. The village covers 203.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263632, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalu village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Bageshwar
Tehsil	Kapkot
Pincode	263632
Area (hectares)	203.63 hectares
Population	404
Male Population	182
Female Population	222
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,220
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalu compares

By the 2011 count Kalu is the 55th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 203.63 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 1098.

Getting to Kalu

Kalu is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kalu as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Kalu from other places

Kalu lies about 11 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 67 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 Kalu
District headquarters	Bageshwar	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kapkot	26 km
Nearest town	Almora	29 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	67 km

Villages closest to Kalu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kapkot 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 Kalu

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalu village had a population of 404. That makes it the 55th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Kalu village has 182 males and 222 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalu has about 1220 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1098.

The pincode recorded for Kalu is 263632. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalu covers 203.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kalu falls under Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kalu is Kathgodam, about 67 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kalu.

Kalu is about 11 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalu is in Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district. Bageshwar is about 11 km away. Kapkot is about 26 km away. Almora is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.