About Alanthaya Village

Alanthaya is a mid sized village in Puttur tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,056, made up of 514 males and 542 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 598.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alanthaya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alanthaya village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Puttur
Pincode	574229
Area (hectares)	598.31 hectares
Population	1,056
Male Population	514
Female Population	542
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,054
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Alanthaya compares

By the 2011 count Alanthaya is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,439 residents. Its 598.31 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Alanthaya

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

Alanthaya lies about 12 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Narimogaru, about 10 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 Alanthaya
Nearest railway station	Narimogaru	10 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Puttur	18 km
Nearest town	Puttūr	18 km

Villages closest to Alanthaya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alanthaya village had a population of 1,056. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,439 residents.

Alanthaya village has 514 males and 542 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alanthaya has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Alanthaya is 574229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alanthaya covers 598.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Alanthaya falls under Puttur tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Alanthaya is Narimogaru, about 10 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 Alanthaya.

Alanthaya is about 12 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alanthaya is in Puttur tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Narimogaru is about 10 km away. Dakshina Kannada is about 12 km away. Puttur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.