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About Yenkanchi Village

Yenkanchi is a mid sized village in Jevargi tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 631, made up of 313 males and 318 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 585.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585310, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yenkanchi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yenkanchi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Gulbarga
Tehsil Jevargi
Pincode 585310
Area (hectares) 585.43 hectares
Population 631
Male Population 313
Female Population 318
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,016
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Yenkanchi compares

By the 2011 count Yenkanchi is the 125th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,885 residents. Its 585.43 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 963.

Getting to Yenkanchi

Yenkanchi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Yenkanchi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Yenkanchi from other places

Yenkanchi lies about 41 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Gaudgaon, about 27 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 Yenkanchi
Nearest town Afzalpur 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Jevargi 26 km
Nearest railway station Gaudgaon 27 km
District headquarters Gulbarga 41 km

Villages closest to Yenkanchi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Yenkanchi village had a population of 631. That makes it the 125th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,885 residents.

Yenkanchi village has 313 males and 318 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yenkanchi has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Yenkanchi is 585310. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yenkanchi covers 585.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Yenkanchi falls under Jevargi tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Yenkanchi is Gaudgaon, about 27 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 5 - 10 km distance for Yenkanchi.

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

Yenkanchi is in Jevargi tehsil of Gulbarga district. Afzalpur is about 23 km away. Jevargi is about 26 km away. Gaudgaon is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kudalgi (2.2 km), Mahur (3.7 km) and Hanchinal Bhari (4.4 km).

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

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