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About Channal Village

Channal is a mid sized village in Mudhol tehsil, in the district of Bagalkot, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,614, made up of 825 males and 789 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 866.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 587313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Channal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Channal village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bagalkot
Tehsil Mudhol
Pincode 587313
Area (hectares) 866.28 hectares
Population 1,614
Male Population 825
Female Population 789
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 956
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Channal compares

By the 2011 count Channal is the 50th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,096 residents. Its 866.28 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Channal

Channal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Channal 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 Channal from other places

Channal lies about 56 km from Bagalkot, and the nearest railway station is Kajjidoni, about 34 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 Channal
Tehsil headquarters Mudhol 11 km
Nearest railway station Kajjidoni 34 km
District headquarters Bagalkot 56 km

Villages closest to Channal

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

Common questions about Channal

As per the Census of India 2011, Channal village had a population of 1,614. That makes it the 50th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,096 residents.

Channal village has 825 males and 789 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Channal has about 956 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Channal is 587313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Channal covers 866.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Channal falls under Mudhol tehsil of Bagalkot district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Channal is Kajjidoni, about 34 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 Channal.

Channal is about 56 km from Bagalkot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Channal is in Mudhol tehsil of Bagalkot district. Mudhol is about 11 km away. Kajjidoni is about 34 km away. Bagalkot is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ranjanagi (2.7 km), Nagaral (4.1 km) and Uttur (4.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Channal today is likely to be higher.

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