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- LGD code
- 603248
- Pincode
- 581403
- Post office
- Nilekani
- Population
- 481
- Households
- 112
- Literacy rate
- 86.9%
- Sex ratio
- 932 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 254
- Distance to district centre
- 35 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 321 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 488 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kanale · 31 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Hultikoppa Government Hospital · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kulve compares
By population, Kulve ranks #100 of 228 villages in Sirsi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
86.9%
+9.4% vs mandal average
- Kulve
- 86.9%
- Sirsi mandal
- 77.5%
- Uttara Kannada district
- 75.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
932
−47 vs mandal average
- Kulve
- 932
- Sirsi mandal
- 979
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Kulve
- 4.3
- Sirsi mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kulve at a glance
Kulve is a village of 481 people in 112 households (Census 2011) in Sirsi taluk, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, the 100th-largest of 228 villages in Sirsi taluk. Literacy is 87%, 9 points above the taluk average of 78% and the sex ratio is 932 women per 1,000 men. It lies 35 km from the Uttara Kannada district centre, 30 km from Akki Alur, the nearest town, 31 km from Kanale railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 581403, served by Nilekani post office; the LGD village code is 603248. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hultikoppa Government Hospital, 12 km away. The village votes in Sorab assembly constituency, represented by MLA Madhu Bangarappa. The population is estimated at 567 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kulve
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SIRSI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 130
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KULAVE
- Total area (ha)
- 460.11
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 21.74
- Forest area (ha)
- 363.93
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kulve
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kulve
- LGD code
- 603248
- Pincode
- 581403
- Post office
- Nilekani
- Population (Census 2011)
- 481
- Population (projected 2026)
- 567
- Households
- 112
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 932
- Literacy rate
- 86.9%
- Coordinates
- 14.48240°N, 75.05765°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Shimoga
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sorab
- Member of Parliament
- B. Y. Raghavendra
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Madhu Bangarappa
- Block / Mandal
- Sirsi
Getting there
How to reach Kulve
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bengaluru321 kmcapital
- Hyderabad488 km
- Mumbai561 km
- Chennai584 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKanale31 km
- Bus stopSiddapura Bus Station23 km
- Hospital / PHCHultikoppa Government Hospital12 km
- ATM / bankVijaya Bank23 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol bunk29 km
- CollegeR N Sheety Polytechnic28 km
- Police stationPolice station29 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)