About Kunthur Village

Kunthur is a mid sized village in Sringeri tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 854, made up of 443 males and 411 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 609.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kunthur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kunthur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Sringeri
Pincode	577139
Area (hectares)	609.66 hectares
Population	854
Male Population	443
Female Population	411
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	928
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 10th largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 680 residents. Its 609.66 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 1031.

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 52 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 Kunthur
Tehsil headquarters	Sringeri	5.9 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	28 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	52 km
Nearest railway station	Chikkamagaluru	54 km

Villages closest to Kunthur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sringeri 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 854. That makes it the 10th largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 680 residents.

Kunthur village has 443 males and 411 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kunthur has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Kunthur is 577139. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kunthur covers 609.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kunthur falls under Sringeri tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kunthur 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 village for Kunthur.

Kunthur is about 52 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kunthur is in Sringeri tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Sringeri is about 5.9 km away. Someshwar is about 28 km away. Chikmagalur is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.