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About Kakanakote Forest Village

Kakanakote Forest is a small village in Heggadadevankote tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 426, made up of 211 males and 215 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 14028 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kakanakote Forest Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kakanakote Forest village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Mysore
Tehsil Heggadadevankote
Pincode 571114
Area (hectares) 14028 hectares
Population 426
Male Population 211
Female Population 215
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kakanakote Forest compares

By the 2011 count Kakanakote Forest is the 151st largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 982 residents. Its 14028 hectares work out to about 0.0 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 984.

Getting to Kakanakote Forest

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

Kakanakote Forest lies about 64 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Sujatapuram, about 57 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 Kakanakote Forest
Tehsil headquarters Heggadadevankote 24 km
Nearest town Kalpatta 36 km
Nearest railway station Sujatapuram 57 km
District headquarters Mysore 64 km

Villages closest to Kakanakote Forest

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Heggadadevankote 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 Kakanakote Forest

As per the Census of India 2011, Kakanakote Forest village had a population of 426. That makes it the 151st largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 982 residents.

Kakanakote Forest village has 211 males and 215 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kakanakote Forest has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Kakanakote Forest is 571114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kakanakote Forest covers 14028 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kakanakote Forest falls under Heggadadevankote tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kakanakote Forest is Sujatapuram, about 57 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 Kakanakote Forest.

Kakanakote Forest is about 64 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kakanakote Forest is in Heggadadevankote tehsil of Mysore district. Heggadadevankote is about 24 km away. Kalpatta is about 36 km away. Sujatapuram is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Udbur (4.3 km), Golur (4.7 km) and Gundathur (5.4 km).

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

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