About Kurihundi Village

Kurihundi is a mid sized village in Nanjangud tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,899, made up of 1,013 males and 886 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 452.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571314, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kurihundi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurihundi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Mysore
Tehsil	Nanjangud
Pincode	571314
Area (hectares)	452.42 hectares
Population	1,899
Male Population	1,013
Female Population	886
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Kurihundi compares

By the 2011 count Kurihundi is the 67th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,978 residents. Its 452.42 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Kurihundi

Kurihundi 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 Kurihundi 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kurihundi from other places

Kurihundi lies about 28 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Sujatapuram, about 17 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 Kurihundi
Nearest railway station	Sujatapuram	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nanjangud	17 km
Nearest town	Nanjangūd	17 km
District headquarters	Mysore	28 km

Villages closest to Kurihundi

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.

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Common questions about Kurihundi

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurihundi village had a population of 1,899. That makes it the 67th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,978 residents.

Kurihundi village has 1,013 males and 886 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurihundi has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Kurihundi is 571314. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kurihundi covers 452.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kurihundi falls under Nanjangud tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kurihundi is Sujatapuram, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kurihundi.

Kurihundi is about 28 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurihundi is in Nanjangud tehsil of Mysore district. Sujatapuram is about 17 km away. Nanjangud is about 17 km away. Nanjangūd is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.