About Saunshi Village

Saunshi is one of the larger villages in Kundgol tehsil, in the district of Dharwad, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 12,848, made up of 6,501 males and 6,347 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 5784.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saunshi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saunshi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dharwad
Tehsil	Kundgol
Pincode	581117
Area (hectares)	5784.98 hectares
Population	12,848
Male Population	6,501
Female Population	6,347
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	976
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Saunshi compares

By the 2011 count Saunshi is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,576 residents. Its 5784.98 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 Saunshi

Saunshi 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 Saunshi 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Saunshi from other places

Saunshi lies about 42 km from Dharwad, and the nearest railway station is Saunshi, about under 2 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 Saunshi
Nearest railway station	Saunshi	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kundgol	8.2 km
Nearest town	Lakshmeshwar	20 km
District headquarters	Dharwad	42 km

Villages closest to Saunshi

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 Saunshi

As per the Census of India 2011, Saunshi village had a population of 12,848. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,576 residents.

Saunshi village has 6,501 males and 6,347 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saunshi has about 976 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 Saunshi is 581117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saunshi covers 5784.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saunshi falls under Kundgol tehsil of Dharwad district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Saunshi is Saunshi, about under 2 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 village for Saunshi.

Saunshi is about 42 km from Dharwad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saunshi is in Kundgol tehsil of Dharwad district. Saunshi is about under 2 km away. Kundgol is about 8.2 km away. Lakshmeshwar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.