About Kolathur Village

Kolathur is a mid sized village in Hosakote tehsil, in the district of Bangalore Rural, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,568, made up of 822 males and 746 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 439.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 562114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kolathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kolathur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bangalore Rural
Tehsil	Hosakote
Pincode	562114
Area (hectares)	439.46 hectares
Population	1,568
Male Population	822
Female Population	746
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	908
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kolathur compares

By the 2011 count Kolathur is the 32nd largest of the 253 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 820 residents. Its 439.46 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Kolathur

Kolathur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kolathur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Kolathur from other places

Kolathur lies about 32 km from Bangalore Rural, and the nearest railway station is Devangonthi, about 10 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 Kolathur
Tehsil headquarters	Hosakote	3.5 km
Nearest town	Hoskote	3.5 km
Nearest railway station	Devangonthi	10 km
District headquarters	Bangalore Rural	32 km

Villages closest to Kolathur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kolathur village had a population of 1,568. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 253 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 820 residents.

Kolathur village has 822 males and 746 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kolathur has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Kolathur is 562114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kolathur covers 439.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kolathur falls under Hosakote tehsil of Bangalore Rural district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kolathur is Devangonthi, about 10 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kolathur.

Kolathur is about 32 km from Bangalore Rural in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kolathur is in Hosakote tehsil of Bangalore Rural district. Hosakote is about 3.5 km away. Hoskote is about 3.5 km away. Devangonthi is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.