About Kanikenahalli Village

Kanikenahalli is a small village in Dod Ballapur tehsil, in the district of Bangalore Rural, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 467, made up of 218 males and 249 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,142 females per 1000 males. The village covers 424.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 561204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanikenahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanikenahalli village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bangalore Rural
Tehsil	Dod Ballapur
Pincode	561204
Area (hectares)	424.98 hectares
Population	467
Male Population	218
Female Population	249
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,142
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanikenahalli compares

By the 2011 count Kanikenahalli is the 152nd largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 732 residents. Its 424.98 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 959.

Getting to Kanikenahalli

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

Kanikenahalli lies about 27 km from Bangalore Rural, and the nearest railway station is Makalidurga, about 14 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 Kanikenahalli
Nearest railway station	Makalidurga	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dod Ballapur	19 km
Nearest town	Doddaballapura	19 km
District headquarters	Bangalore Rural	27 km

Villages closest to Kanikenahalli

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dod Ballapur 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 Kanikenahalli

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanikenahalli village had a population of 467. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 732 residents.

Kanikenahalli village has 218 males and 249 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanikenahalli has about 1142 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Kanikenahalli is 561204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanikenahalli covers 424.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanikenahalli falls under Dod Ballapur tehsil of Bangalore Rural district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kanikenahalli is Makalidurga, about 14 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 village for Kanikenahalli.

Kanikenahalli is about 27 km from Bangalore Rural in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanikenahalli is in Dod Ballapur tehsil of Bangalore Rural district. Makalidurga is about 14 km away. Dod Ballapur is about 19 km away. Doddaballapura is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.