About Channapura Village

Channapura is a mid sized village in Somvarpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 516, made up of 262 males and 254 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 347.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571236, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Channapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Channapura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Somvarpet
Pincode	571236
Area (hectares)	347.56 hectares
Population	516
Male Population	262
Female Population	254
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	969
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Channapura compares

By the 2011 count Channapura is the 97th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents. Its 347.56 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1053.

Getting to Channapura

Channapura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Channapura 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Channapura from other places

Channapura lies about 57 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Balupete, about 13 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 Channapura
Nearest railway station	Balupete	13 km
Nearest town	Sakleshpur	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Somvarpet	32 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	57 km

Villages closest to Channapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Channapura village had a population of 516. That makes it the 97th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents.

Channapura village has 262 males and 254 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Channapura has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1053.

The pincode recorded for Channapura is 571236. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Channapura covers 347.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Channapura falls under Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Channapura is Balupete, about 13 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 village for Channapura.

Channapura is about 57 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Channapura is in Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Balupete is about 13 km away. Sakleshpur is about 21 km away. Somvarpet is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.