By population, Kalkunda ranks #82 of 188 villages in Nanjangud mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kalkunda is a village of 1,721 people in 428 households (Census 2011) in Nanjangud taluk, Mysuru district, Karnataka, the 82nd-largest of 188 villages in Nanjangud taluk. Literacy is 52%, 1 points below the taluk average of 53% and the sex ratio is 974 women per 1,000 men. It lies 59 km from the Mysuru district centre, 27 km from Gandhinagar, the nearest town, 11 km from Narasambudhi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 571129, served by Nagarle post office; the LGD village code is 619223. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Tagadur, 6 km away. The village votes in Varuna assembly constituency, represented by MLA Siddaramaiah. The population is estimated at 2,029 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalkunda · this village | 1,721 | 52% | — |
| Kahalli · Nanjangud | 508 | 44% | 2.5 km NE |
| Kamahalli · Nanjangud | 943 | 47% | 3.1 km S |
| Belagunda · Nanjangud | 781 | 51% | 3.4 km W |
| Ganaganuru · Malavalli | 308 | 52% | 3.4 km SE |
| Kupparavalli · Nanjangud | 1,519 | 52% | 4.8 km W |
| Bilugali · Nanjangud | 3,122 | 48% | 4.9 km N |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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