About Kunchur Village

Kunchur is a mid sized village in Koppa tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 649, made up of 334 males and 315 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 615.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kunchur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kunchur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Koppa
Pincode	577126
Area (hectares)	615.74 hectares
Population	649
Male Population	334
Female Population	315
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	943
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kunchur compares

By the 2011 count Kunchur is the 49th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,000 residents. Its 615.74 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Kunchur

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

Kunchur lies about 51 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Chikkamagaluru, about 54 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 Kunchur
Tehsil headquarters	Koppa	3.6 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	30 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	51 km
Nearest railway station	Chikkamagaluru	54 km

Villages closest to Kunchur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kunchur village had a population of 649. That makes it the 49th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,000 residents.

Kunchur village has 334 males and 315 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kunchur has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Kunchur is 577126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kunchur covers 615.74 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.

Kunchur falls under Koppa tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kunchur is Chikkamagaluru, about 54 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 Kunchur.

Kunchur is about 51 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kunchur is in Koppa tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Koppa is about 3.6 km away. Someshwar is about 30 km away. Chikmagalur is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.