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About Kavalpadur Village

Kavalpadur is a large village in Bantval tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,449, made up of 2,186 males and 2,263 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1024.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574265, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kavalpadur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kavalpadur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil Bantval
Pincode 574265
Area (hectares) 1024.98 hectares
Population 4,449
Male Population 2,186
Female Population 2,263
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,035
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kavalpadur compares

By the 2011 count Kavalpadur is the 24th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,882 residents. Its 1024.98 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Kavalpadur

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

Kavalpadur lies about 17 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Bantawal, about 9.0 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 Kavalpadur
Tehsil headquarters Bantval 8.4 km
Nearest town Bantvāl 8.4 km
Nearest railway station Bantawal 9.0 km
District headquarters Dakshina Kannada 17 km

Villages closest to Kavalpadur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kavalpadur village had a population of 4,449. That makes it the 24th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,882 residents.

Kavalpadur village has 2,186 males and 2,263 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kavalpadur has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Kavalpadur is 574265. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kavalpadur covers 1024.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kavalpadur falls under Bantval tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kavalpadur is Bantawal, about 9.0 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 Kavalpadur.

Kavalpadur is about 17 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kavalpadur is in Bantval tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Bantval is about 8.4 km away. Bantvāl is about 8.4 km away. Bantawal is about 9.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Devasyapadur (1.8 km), Kadabettu (2.2 km) and Mudanadugodu (2.7 km).

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

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