# Kalkeri Village, Mundgod, Uttara Kannada (Karnataka)

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Village · Mundgod, Uttara Kannada 

# Kalkeri

Kalkeri is a village in Mundgod sub-district of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, PIN code **581349**. The 2011 Census counted **1,044 people in 216 households**, the 24th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.4%.

- 1,044people (2011)
- 216households
- 76.7%literacy
- 581349PIN code

## Kalkeri PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kalkeri is 581349.** Kalkeri falls in Mundgod sub-district, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka.

- PIN code581349
- Gram panchayatChowdalli
- Community development blockMundgod
- Census village code603034

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

## How far is Kalkeri from nearby towns?

- Mundgod (sub-district HQ)11 km by road
- Karwar (district HQ)148 km by road
- Mundgod (nearest town)11 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 Kalkeri?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Kalkeri; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Mundgod
- ○Degree college10+ km · Mundgod
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Mundgod
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 20 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 Kalkeri known for?

The main crops are **paddy and sugar cane**. About 14% of the 858 hectares of village land is sown, and 1 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 Kalkeri

Of every 100 households in Kalkeri in 2011, 73 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kalkeri · ■ Mundgod rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**82%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**43%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**57%

Tap water ****44%**

**67%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**90%

Use banking services ****85%**

**80%

Television ****33%**

**36%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****34%**

**28%

Own their home ****96%**

**86%

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 Kalkeri?

■ Kalkeri · ■ Mundgod rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.7%**

**77.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1004**

**871

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1239**

**990

Working population ****46.6%**

**44.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.2% for men and 69.0% for women. 63% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 285 (59%) · **■** Farm labourers 73 (15%) · **■** Other work 76 (16%) · **■** Marginal 53 (11%)

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 Mundgod

- Bhadrapura1,412 people
- Yerebail1,383 people
- Nyasargi1,362 people
- Ramapur1,131 people
- Shinganahalli946 people
- Siddapur940 people
- Kavalakoppa858 people
- Gunjavati848 people

[All 90 villages in Mundgod](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/uttara-kannada/mundgod/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kalkeri?581349
- How far is Kalkeri from Karwar?148 km by road
- What is the population of Kalkeri?1,044 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalkeri in?Uttara Kannada district (Mundgod sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Kalkeri?76.7% (Census 2011)