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About Katanaikanahalli Village

Katanaikanahalli is a large village in Molakalmuru tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,165, made up of 1,063 males and 1,102 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 406.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577535, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katanaikanahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katanaikanahalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chitradurga
Tehsil Molakalmuru
Pincode 577535
Area (hectares) 406.45 hectares
Population 2,165
Male Population 1,063
Female Population 1,102
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,037
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Katanaikanahalli compares

By the 2011 count Katanaikanahalli is the 17th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,630 residents. Its 406.45 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Katanaikanahalli

Katanaikanahalli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Katanaikanahalli as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katanaikanahalli from other places

Katanaikanahalli lies about 33 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Chikjajur Junction, about 5.1 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 Katanaikanahalli
Nearest railway station Chikjajur Junction 5.1 km
Nearest town Channagiri 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Molakalmuru 33 km
District headquarters Chitradurga 33 km

Villages closest to Katanaikanahalli

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

Common questions about Katanaikanahalli

As per the Census of India 2011, Katanaikanahalli village had a population of 2,165. That makes it the 17th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,630 residents.

Katanaikanahalli village has 1,063 males and 1,102 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katanaikanahalli has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Katanaikanahalli is 577535. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katanaikanahalli covers 406.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katanaikanahalli falls under Molakalmuru tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Katanaikanahalli is Chikjajur Junction, about 5.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Katanaikanahalli.

Katanaikanahalli is about 33 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katanaikanahalli is in Molakalmuru tehsil of Chitradurga district. Chikjajur Junction is about 5.1 km away. Channagiri is about 24 km away. Molakalmuru is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tuppadakkanahalli (under 2 km), Hirekerehalli (11 km) and Basapura (11 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Katanaikanahalli today is likely to be higher.

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