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About Karangutta Village

Karangutta is a small village in Malur tehsil, in the district of Kolar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 457, made up of 230 males and 227 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 141.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 563139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karangutta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karangutta village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Kolar
Tehsil Malur
Pincode 563139
Area (hectares) 141.53 hectares
Population 457
Male Population 230
Female Population 227
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 987
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Karangutta compares

By the 2011 count Karangutta is the 168th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 632 residents. Its 141.53 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Karangutta

Karangutta is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Karangutta as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Karangutta from other places

Karangutta lies about 15 km from Kolar, and the nearest railway station is Byatrayanahalli, about 5.1 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 Karangutta
Nearest railway station Byatrayanahalli 5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Malur 12 km
Nearest town Mālūr 12 km
District headquarters Kolar 15 km

Villages closest to Karangutta

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 Karangutta

As per the Census of India 2011, Karangutta village had a population of 457. That makes it the 168th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 632 residents.

Karangutta village has 230 males and 227 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karangutta has about 987 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Karangutta is 563139. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karangutta covers 141.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karangutta falls under Malur tehsil of Kolar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Karangutta is Byatrayanahalli, about 5.1 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Karangutta.

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

Karangutta is in Malur tehsil of Kolar district. Byatrayanahalli is about 5.1 km away. Malur is about 12 km away. Mālūr is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nidaramangala (under 2 km), Anepura (under 2 km) and Nakkanahalli (under 2 km).

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

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