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About Kanmas Village

Kanmas is a mid sized village in Aland tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,254, made up of 627 males and 627 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 724.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585314, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanmas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanmas village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Gulbarga
Tehsil Aland
Pincode 585314
Area (hectares) 724.19 hectares
Population 1,254
Male Population 627
Female Population 627
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanmas compares

By the 2011 count Kanmas is the 87th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,266 residents. Its 724.19 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Kanmas

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

Kanmas lies about 39 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Kurukotta, about 31 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 Kanmas
Tehsil headquarters Aland 14 km
Nearest railway station Kurukotta 31 km
District headquarters Gulbarga 39 km

Villages closest to Kanmas

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

Common questions about Kanmas

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanmas village had a population of 1,254. That makes it the 87th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,266 residents.

Kanmas village has 627 males and 627 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanmas has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Kanmas is 585314. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanmas covers 724.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanmas falls under Aland tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kanmas is Kurukotta, about 31 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 Kanmas.

Kanmas is about 39 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanmas is in Aland tehsil of Gulbarga district. Aland is about 14 km away. Kurukotta is about 31 km away. Gulbarga is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tadkal (3.5 km), Jamga J (4.3 km) and Jamga Khandala (4.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kanmas today is likely to be higher.

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