About Kanur Village

Kanur is a mid sized village in Narasimharajapura tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,206, made up of 598 males and 608 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1365.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Narasimharajapura
Pincode	577127
Area (hectares)	1365.94 hectares
Population	1,206
Male Population	598
Female Population	608
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,017
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanur compares

By the 2011 count Kanur is the 12th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,029 residents. Its 1365.94 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1042.

Getting to Kanur

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

Kanur lies about 44 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Bellenahalli, about 44 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 Kanur
Tehsil headquarters	Narasimharajapura	12 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	40 km
Nearest railway station	Bellenahalli	44 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	44 km

Villages closest to Kanur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanur village had a population of 1,206. That makes it the 12th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,029 residents.

Kanur village has 598 males and 608 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanur has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1042.

The pincode recorded for Kanur is 577127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanur covers 1365.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanur falls under Narasimharajapura tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kanur is Bellenahalli, about 44 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 Kanur.

Kanur is about 44 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanur is in Narasimharajapura tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Narasimharajapura is about 12 km away. Someshwar is about 40 km away. Bellenahalli is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.