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About Tankankal Village

Tankankal is a mid sized village in Koppal tehsil, in the district of Koppal, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,322, made up of 658 males and 664 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 752.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583238, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tankankal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tankankal village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Koppal
Tehsil Koppal
Pincode 583238
Area (hectares) 752.92 hectares
Population 1,322
Male Population 658
Female Population 664
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,009
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Tankankal compares

By the 2011 count Tankankal is the 80th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,012 residents. Its 752.92 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Tankankal

Tankankal 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 Tankankal as Available within village. 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 Tankankal from other places

Tankankal lies about 6.0 km from Koppal, and the nearest railway station is Koppala, about 5.9 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 Tankankal
Nearest railway station Koppala 5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Koppal 6.0 km

Villages closest to Tankankal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tankankal village had a population of 1,322. That makes it the 80th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,012 residents.

Tankankal village has 658 males and 664 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tankankal has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Tankankal is 583238. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tankankal covers 752.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tankankal falls under Koppal tehsil of Koppal district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Tankankal is Koppala, about 5.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Tankankal.

Tankankal is about 6.0 km from Koppal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tankankal is in Koppal tehsil of Koppal district. Koppala is about 5.9 km away. Koppal is about 6.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chilwadgi (2.3 km), Hanmanhalli (3.6 km) and Naregal (3.9 km).

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

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