About Kanathur Village

Kanathur is a mid sized village in Alur tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 897, made up of 446 males and 451 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 304.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573213, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanathur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Tehsil	Alur
Pincode	573213
Area (hectares)	304.59 hectares
Population	897
Male Population	446
Female Population	451
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,011
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanathur compares

By the 2011 count Kanathur is the 14th largest of the 239 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 318 residents. Its 304.59 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Kanathur

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

Kanathur lies about 15 km from Hassan. 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 Kanathur
Tehsil headquarters	Alur	4.1 km
District headquarters	Hassan	15 km

Villages closest to Kanathur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanathur village had a population of 897. That makes it the 14th largest of the 239 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 318 residents.

Kanathur village has 446 males and 451 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanathur has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Kanathur is 573213. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanathur covers 304.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanathur falls under Alur tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The census record for Kanathur notes the nearest railway station 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 Kanathur.

Kanathur is about 15 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanathur is in Alur tehsil of Hassan district. Alur is about 4.1 km away. Hassan is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.