Kalkeri

Kalakeri is a village in Northern part of Karnataka, India.^[1] It is located in the Sindgi taluk of Vijayapura district in Karnataka. Pincode is 586118.

Kalakeri, Vijayapura district
village
Kalakeri, Vijayapura district Location in Karnataka, India Show map of Karnataka Kalakeri, Vijayapura district Kalakeri, Vijayapura district (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 16.670143°N 76.309494°E / 16.670143; 76.309494
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Bijapur
Talukas	Sindgi
Government
• Type	Panchayat raj
• Body	Gram panchayat
Population  (2001)
• Total	7,662
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-KA
Vehicle registration	KA
Website	karnataka.gov.in

This should not be confused with the similarly spelled Kalkeri village in Haveri district, about 20 kilometers southwest from Haveri, with two important Hoysala era temples – Someshwara temple (trikuta) and Basaveshwara temple (chaturkuta).^[2] Furthermore, it should not be confused with three villages all named Kalkere – one near Bengaluru, other north of Soraba and near Hangal (with an important two-sanctum Hoysala temple), and third in a horse-shoe shaped valley south of Channagiri.

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census, Kalakeri had a population of 7662 with 3866 males and 3796 females.^[1]

See also

• Bijapur, Karnataka
• Districts of Karnataka