# Kalkuni Village, Sirsi, Uttara Kannada (Karnataka) – PIN Code

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Village · Sirsi, Uttara Kannada 

# Kalkuni

Kalkuni is a village in Sirsi sub-district of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, PIN code **581403**. The 2011 Census counted **718 people in 169 households**, the 50th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 718people (2011)
- 169households
- 91.9%literacy
- 581403PIN code

## Kalkuni PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kalkuni is 581403.** Kalkuni falls in Sirsi sub-district, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka.

- PIN code581403
- Gram panchayatYadalli
- Community development blockSirsi
- Census village code603230

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

## How far is Kalkuni from nearby towns?

- Sirsi (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Karwar (district HQ)125 km by road
- Sirsi (nearest town)2 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 Kalkuni?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Kalkuni; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Sirsi
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Sirsi
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Sirsi
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Sirsi
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 18 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 Kalkuni known for?

The main crops are **paddy and chillies**. About 15% of the 320 hectares of village land is sown, and 5 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 Kalkuni

Of every 100 households in Kalkuni in 2011, 94 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 28 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kalkuni · ■ Sirsi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**62%

No toilet (open defecation) ****35%**

**36%

Tap water ****18%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****65%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**74%

Use banking services ****65%**

**73%

Television ****68%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****28%**

**27%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**5%

None of these assets ****11%**

**14%

Own their home ****93%**

**94%

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 Kalkuni?

■ Kalkuni · ■ Sirsi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.9%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**923

Working population ****46.1%**

**49.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.3% for men and 88.5% for women. 67% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 302 (91%) · **■** Marginal 19 (6%)

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 Sirsi

- Hostota737 people
- Koligar733 people
- Balegadde724 people
- Sirsimakki719 people
- Neggu699 people
- Benagaon695 people
- Sonaginmane693 people
- Hanumanthi692 people

[All 228 villages in Sirsi](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/uttara-kannada/sirsi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kalkuni?581403
- How far is Kalkuni from Karwar?125 km by road
- What is the population of Kalkuni?718 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalkuni in?Uttara Kannada district (Sirsi sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Kalkuni?91.9% (Census 2011)