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About Thenkakaranduru Village

Thenkakaranduru is a large village in Beltangadi tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,345, made up of 1,157 males and 1,188 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 719.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thenkakaranduru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thenkakaranduru village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil Beltangadi
Pincode 574217
Area (hectares) 719.01 hectares
Population 2,345
Male Population 1,157
Female Population 1,188
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,027
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Thenkakaranduru compares

By the 2011 count Thenkakaranduru is the 48th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,187 residents. Its 719.01 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Thenkakaranduru

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

Thenkakaranduru lies about 16 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Neralakatte, about 3.3 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 Thenkakaranduru
Nearest railway station Neralakatte 3.3 km
Nearest town Puttūr 11 km
District headquarters Dakshina Kannada 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Beltangadi 27 km

Villages closest to Thenkakaranduru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thenkakaranduru village had a population of 2,345. That makes it the 48th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,187 residents.

Thenkakaranduru village has 1,157 males and 1,188 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thenkakaranduru has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Thenkakaranduru is 574217. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thenkakaranduru covers 719.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thenkakaranduru falls under Beltangadi tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Thenkakaranduru is Neralakatte, about 3.3 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 Thenkakaranduru.

Thenkakaranduru is about 16 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thenkakaranduru is in Beltangadi tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Neralakatte is about 3.3 km away. Puttūr is about 11 km away. Dakshina Kannada is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badagakaranduru (under 2 km), Thekkaru (11 km) and Barya (13 km).

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

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