About Kurnad Village

Kurnad is a large village in Bantval tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,718, made up of 1,369 males and 1,349 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 635.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574153, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kurnad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurnad village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Bantval
Pincode	574153
Area (hectares)	635.65 hectares
Population	2,718
Male Population	1,369
Female Population	1,349
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	985
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kurnad compares

By the 2011 count Kurnad is the 47th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,882 residents. Its 635.65 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Kurnad

Kurnad is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kurnad as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Kurnad from other places

Kurnad lies about 30 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Farangipete, about 6.9 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 Kurnad
Nearest railway station	Farangipete	6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bantval	11 km
Nearest town	Bantvāl	11 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	30 km

Villages closest to Kurnad

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.

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Common questions about Kurnad

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurnad village had a population of 2,718. That makes it the 47th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,882 residents.

Kurnad village has 1,369 males and 1,349 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurnad has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Kurnad is 574153. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kurnad covers 635.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kurnad is Farangipete, about 6.9 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kurnad.

Kurnad is about 30 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurnad is in Bantval tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Farangipete is about 6.9 km away. Bantval is about 11 km away. Bantvāl is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.