About Kenya Village

Kenya is a mid sized village in Sulya tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,185, made up of 584 males and 601 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 842.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574237, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kenya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kenya village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Sulya
Pincode	574237
Area (hectares)	842.74 hectares
Population	1,185
Male Population	584
Female Population	601
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,029
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kenya compares

By the 2011 count Kenya is the 37th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,132 residents. Its 842.74 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Kenya

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

Kenya lies about 32 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Bajakere, about 3.4 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 Kenya
Nearest railway station	Bajakere	3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sulya	19 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	32 km
Nearest town	Puttūr	33 km

Villages closest to Kenya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kenya village had a population of 1,185. That makes it the 37th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,132 residents.

Kenya village has 584 males and 601 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kenya has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Kenya is 574237. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kenya covers 842.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kenya falls under Sulya tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kenya is Bajakere, about 3.4 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 Kenya.

Kenya is about 32 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kenya is in Sulya tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Bajakere is about 3.4 km away. Sulya is about 19 km away. Dakshina Kannada is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.