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About Kanakatte Village

Kanakatte is a mid sized village in Arsikere tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,979, made up of 989 males and 990 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,001 females per 1000 males. The village covers 896.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanakatte Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanakatte village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Hassan
Tehsil Arsikere
Pincode 573144
Area (hectares) 896.4 hectares
Population 1,979
Male Population 989
Female Population 990
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,001
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kanakatte compares

By the 2011 count Kanakatte is the 17th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 764 residents. Its 896.4 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Kanakatte

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

Kanakatte lies about 61 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Banavar, about 23 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 Kanakatte
Nearest railway station Banavar 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Arsikere 23 km
District headquarters Hassan 61 km

Villages closest to Kanakatte

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanakatte village had a population of 1,979. That makes it the 17th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 764 residents.

Kanakatte village has 989 males and 990 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanakatte has about 1001 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Kanakatte is 573144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanakatte covers 896.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanakatte falls under Arsikere tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kanakatte is Banavar, about 23 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 Kanakatte.

Kanakatte is about 61 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanakatte is in Arsikere tehsil of Hassan district. Banavar is about 23 km away. Arsikere is about 23 km away. Hassan is about 61 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Magenahalli (2.0 km), Dibbur (2.8 km) and Sathanagere (3.5 km).

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

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