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About Kembal Village

Kembal is a mid sized village in Nanjangud tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 688, made up of 329 males and 359 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,091 females per 1000 males. The village covers 756.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kembal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kembal village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Mysore
Tehsil Nanjangud
Pincode 571301
Area (hectares) 756.83 hectares
Population 688
Male Population 329
Female Population 359
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,091
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kembal compares

By the 2011 count Kembal is the 134th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,978 residents. Its 756.83 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 979.

Getting to Kembal

Kembal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kembal 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kembal from other places

Kembal lies about 20 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Sujatapuram, about 9.8 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 Kembal
Nearest railway station Sujatapuram 9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Nanjangud 11 km
Nearest town Nanjangūd 11 km
District headquarters Mysore 20 km

Villages closest to Kembal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kembal village had a population of 688. That makes it the 134th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,978 residents.

Kembal village has 329 males and 359 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kembal has about 1091 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Kembal is 571301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kembal covers 756.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kembal falls under Nanjangud tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kembal is Sujatapuram, about 9.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Kembal.

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

Kembal is in Nanjangud tehsil of Mysore district. Sujatapuram is about 9.8 km away. Nanjangud is about 11 km away. Nanjangūd is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bidaragoodu (under 2 km), Kongahalli (1.7 km) and Kongahallikaval (1.7 km).

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

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