About Kanchiganahalu Village

Kanchiganahalu is a mid sized village in Channagiri tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,984, made up of 982 males and 1,002 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 686.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanchiganahalu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanchiganahalu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Davanagere
Tehsil	Channagiri
Pincode	577215
Area (hectares)	686.79 hectares
Population	1,984
Male Population	982
Female Population	1,002
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kanchiganahalu compares

By the 2011 count Kanchiganahalu is the 36th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents. Its 686.79 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Kanchiganahalu

Kanchiganahalu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kanchiganahalu 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kanchiganahalu from other places

Kanchiganahalu lies about 56 km from Davanagere, and the nearest railway station is Nulenuru, about 9.7 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 Kanchiganahalu
Nearest railway station	Nulenuru	9.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Channagiri	13 km
District headquarters	Davanagere	56 km

Villages closest to Kanchiganahalu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanchiganahalu village had a population of 1,984. That makes it the 36th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents.

Kanchiganahalu village has 982 males and 1,002 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanchiganahalu has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Kanchiganahalu is 577215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanchiganahalu covers 686.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanchiganahalu falls under Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kanchiganahalu is Nulenuru, about 9.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Kanchiganahalu.

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

Kanchiganahalu is in Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district. Nulenuru is about 9.7 km away. Channagiri is about 13 km away. Davanagere is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.