About Kunkur Village

Kunkur is a mid sized village in Kundgol tehsil, in the district of Dharwad, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,648, made up of 839 males and 809 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 964 females per 1000 males. The village covers 736.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kunkur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kunkur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dharwad
Tehsil	Kundgol
Pincode	581212
Area (hectares)	736.69 hectares
Population	1,648
Male Population	839
Female Population	809
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	964
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kunkur compares

By the 2011 count Kunkur is the 31st largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,576 residents. Its 736.69 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Kunkur

Kunkur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kunkur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Kunkur from other places

Kunkur lies about 41 km from Dharwad, and the nearest railway station is Saunshi, about 16 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 Kunkur
Nearest railway station	Saunshi	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kundgol	16 km
Nearest town	Shiggaon	16 km
District headquarters	Dharwad	41 km

Villages closest to Kunkur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kunkur village had a population of 1,648. That makes it the 31st largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,576 residents.

Kunkur village has 839 males and 809 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kunkur has about 964 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Kunkur is 581212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kunkur covers 736.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kunkur falls under Kundgol tehsil of Dharwad district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kunkur is Saunshi, about 16 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 10+ km distance for Kunkur.

Kunkur is about 41 km from Dharwad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kunkur is in Kundgol tehsil of Dharwad district. Saunshi is about 16 km away. Kundgol is about 16 km away. Shiggaon is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.