About Karnire Village

Karnire is a mid sized village in Mangalore tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 920, made up of 420 males and 500 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,190 females per 1000 males. The village covers 190.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574154, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karnire Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karnire village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Mangalore
Pincode	574154
Area (hectares)	190.6 hectares
Population	920
Male Population	420
Female Population	500
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,190
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Karnire compares

By the 2011 count Karnire is the 70th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents. Its 190.6 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1060.

Getting to Karnire

Karnire is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Karnire as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karnire from other places

Karnire lies about 56 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Nandikoor, about 2.4 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 Karnire
Nearest railway station	Nandikoor	2.4 km
Nearest town	Mūdbidri	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mangalore	22 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	56 km

Villages closest to Karnire

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karnire village had a population of 920. That makes it the 70th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents.

Karnire village has 420 males and 500 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karnire has about 1190 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1060.

The pincode recorded for Karnire is 574154. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karnire covers 190.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karnire falls under Mangalore tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Karnire is Nandikoor, about 2.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karnire.

Karnire is about 56 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karnire is in Mangalore tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Nandikoor is about 2.4 km away. Mūdbidri is about 20 km away. Mangalore is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.