Kalkere, Turuvekere

Kalkere is a village located in the Turuvekere Taluk of Tumakuru district of Karnataka. The village falls in Turuvekere block and comes under Kodigehalli Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Tumakuru parliament constituency and Turuvekere assembly constituency.

As on May 2025, the current population of Kalkere is 723 out of which 343 are males and rest 380 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1108 females per 1000 males. There are around 48 teenagers in Kalkere. It has literacy rate of 75% which means around 545 persons can read and write. Total 143 people belonging to scheduled caste and 0 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 184 households in Kalkere, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 444. The pincode of Kalkere is 572227 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Turuvekere Sub Post office
• Gonitumkur Branch Post office
• Guddenahalli Branch Post office
• Kodagihally Branch Post office
• Muniyur Branch Post office

Schools

Kalkere has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Govt. Lower Primary School K. Kalkere

Hospitals

Kalkere has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Turuvekere Th
• Turavakere Community Health Center
• Dabbeghatta Primary Health Center
• Gonitumkur Sub-Center
• Turuvekere(U)a&b Sub-Center

Banks

Kalkere has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Bank of Baroda Turuvekere
• Karnataka Bank Turuvekere
• State Bank of India Turuvekere
• State Bank of India Dabbeghatta
• Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Muniyur