About Kakanur Village

Kakanur is a large village in Badami tehsil, in the district of Bagalkot, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,763, made up of 1,345 males and 1,418 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1578.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 587155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kakanur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kakanur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bagalkot
Tehsil	Badami
Pincode	587155
Area (hectares)	1578.72 hectares
Population	2,763
Male Population	1,345
Female Population	1,418
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,054
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kakanur compares

By the 2011 count Kakanur is the 23rd largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,656 residents. Its 1578.72 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 998.

Getting to Kakanur

Kakanur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kakanur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kakanur from other places

Kakanur lies about 40 km from Bagalkot, and the nearest railway station is Lakhmapur, about 22 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Kakanur
Nearest town	Rāmdurg	14 km
Nearest railway station	Lakhmapur	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Badami	26 km
District headquarters	Bagalkot	40 km

Villages closest to Kakanur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Badami tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Kakanur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kakanur village had a population of 2,763. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,656 residents.

Kakanur village has 1,345 males and 1,418 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kakanur has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 998.

The pincode recorded for Kakanur is 587155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kakanur covers 1578.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kakanur falls under Badami tehsil of Bagalkot district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kakanur is Lakhmapur, about 22 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kakanur.

Kakanur is about 40 km from Bagalkot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kakanur is in Badami tehsil of Bagalkot district. Rāmdurg is about 14 km away. Lakhmapur is about 22 km away. Badami is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.