About Kunthur Village

Kunthur is a large village in Kollegal tehsil, in the district of Chamarajanagar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,094, made up of 2,033 males and 2,061 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 917.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571442, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kunthur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kunthur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chamarajanagar
Tehsil	Kollegal
Pincode	571442
Area (hectares)	917.67 hectares
Population	4,094
Male Population	2,033
Female Population	2,061
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kunthur compares

By the 2011 count Kunthur is the 23rd largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,408 residents. Its 917.67 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Kunthur

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

Kunthur lies about 25 km from Chamarajanagar, and the nearest railway station is Badanaguppe, about 24 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 Kunthur
Tehsil headquarters	Kollegal	8.8 km
Nearest town	Kollegāl	8.8 km
Nearest railway station	Badanaguppe	24 km
District headquarters	Chamarajanagar	25 km

Villages closest to Kunthur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kunthur village had a population of 4,094. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,408 residents.

Kunthur village has 2,033 males and 2,061 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kunthur has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Kunthur is 571442. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kunthur covers 917.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kunthur falls under Kollegal tehsil of Chamarajanagar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kunthur is Badanaguppe, about 24 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 Kunthur.

Kunthur is about 25 km from Chamarajanagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kunthur is in Kollegal tehsil of Chamarajanagar district. Kollegal is about 8.8 km away. Kollegāl is about 8.8 km away. Badanaguppe is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.