# Kalamarahalli Village, Challakere, Chitradurga (Karnataka)

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Village · Challakere, Chitradurga 

# Kalamarahalli

Kalamarahalli is a village in Challakere sub-district of Chitradurga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577522**. The 2011 Census counted **939 people in 225 households**, the 123rd largest of 182 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.9%.

- 939people (2011)
- 225households
- 67.2%literacy
- 577522PIN code

## Kalamarahalli PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kalamarahalli is 577522.** Kalamarahalli falls in Challakere sub-district, Chitradurga district, Karnataka.

- PIN code577522
- Gram panchayatBelagere
- Community development blockChallakere
- Census village code605414

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kalamarahalli from nearby towns?

- Challakere (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Chitradurga (district HQ)60 km by road
- Challakere (nearest town)30 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kalamarahalli?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Kalamarahalli; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Challakere
- ○Degree college10+ km · Challakere
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Challakere
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 9 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kalamarahalli known for?

The main crops are **groundnut and ragi**. About 47% of the 857 hectares of village land is sown, and 100 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Kalamarahalli

Of every 100 households in Kalamarahalli in 2011, 78 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalamarahalli · ■ Challakere rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**84%

Tap water ****97%**

**68%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**94%

Use banking services ****75%**

**49%

Television ****41%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**32%

Own their home ****93%**

**91%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kalamarahalli?

■ Kalamarahalli · ■ Challakere rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.2%**

**66.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****980**

**936

Working population ****62.2%**

**57.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.4% for men and 56.8% for women. 63% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 195 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 140 (24%) · **■** Other work 42 (7%) · **■** Marginal 207 (35%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Challakere

- Torebeeranahalli1,001 people
- Valase996 people
- Lakshmipura990 people
- Chowlur Kaval940 people
- Purlahalli939 people
- Jambaiahnahalli919 people
- Bomberahalli908 people
- Chikkamadhure890 people

[All 195 villages in Challakere](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/chitradurga/challakere/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kalamarahalli?577522
- How far is Kalamarahalli from Chitradurga?60 km by road
- What is the population of Kalamarahalli?939 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalamarahalli in?Chitradurga district (Challakere sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Kalamarahalli?67.2% (Census 2011)