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About Doddakunthur Village

Doddakunthur is a mid sized village in Malur tehsil, in the district of Kolar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 642, made up of 330 males and 312 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 172.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 563130, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Doddakunthur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doddakunthur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Kolar
Tehsil Malur
Pincode 563130
Area (hectares) 172.03 hectares
Population 642
Male Population 330
Female Population 312
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 945
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Doddakunthur compares

By the 2011 count Doddakunthur is the 110th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 632 residents. Its 172.03 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Doddakunthur

The census records public bus service for Doddakunthur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Doddakunthur from other places

Doddakunthur lies about 20 km from Kolar, and the nearest railway station is Byatrayanahalli, about under 2 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 Doddakunthur
Nearest railway station Byatrayanahalli under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Malur 8.0 km
Nearest town Mālūr 8.0 km
District headquarters Kolar 20 km

Villages closest to Doddakunthur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Doddakunthur village had a population of 642. That makes it the 110th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 632 residents.

Doddakunthur village has 330 males and 312 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doddakunthur has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Doddakunthur is 563130. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Doddakunthur covers 172.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Doddakunthur falls under Malur tehsil of Kolar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Doddakunthur is Byatrayanahalli, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Doddakunthur.

Doddakunthur is about 20 km from Kolar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doddakunthur is in Malur tehsil of Kolar district. Byatrayanahalli is about under 2 km away. Malur is about 8.0 km away. Mālūr is about 8.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chikkakunthur (under 2 km), Kodaginabele (1.5 km) and Haripura (1.8 km).

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

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