About Kanur Village

Kanur is a mid sized village in Virajpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,796, made up of 855 males and 941 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,101 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1143.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Virajpet
Pincode	571216
Area (hectares)	1143.74 hectares
Population	1,796
Male Population	855
Female Population	941
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,101
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanur compares

By the 2011 count Kanur is the 35th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents. Its 1143.74 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 1026.

Getting to Kanur

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

Kanur lies about 47 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 56 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 Kanur
Tehsil headquarters	Virajpet	26 km
Nearest town	Hunsūr	38 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	47 km
Nearest railway station	Krishnaraja Nagar	56 km

Villages closest to Kanur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanur village had a population of 1,796. That makes it the 35th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents.

Kanur village has 855 males and 941 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanur has about 1101 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Kanur is 571216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanur covers 1143.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanur falls under Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kanur is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 56 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 Kanur.

Kanur is about 47 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanur is in Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Virajpet is about 26 km away. Hunsūr is about 38 km away. Kodagu is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.