About Kappanahalli Village

Kappanahalli is a large village in Shikarpur tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,565, made up of 1,282 males and 1,283 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,001 females per 1000 males. The village covers 456.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577427, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kappanahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kappanahalli village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Shikarpur
Pincode	577427
Area (hectares)	456.76 hectares
Population	2,565
Male Population	1,282
Female Population	1,283
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,001
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kappanahalli compares

By the 2011 count Kappanahalli is the 13th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents. Its 456.76 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Kappanahalli

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

Kappanahalli lies about 47 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Adderi, about 20 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 Kappanahalli
Tehsil headquarters	Shikarpur	6.5 km
Nearest town	Shikaripura	6.5 km
Nearest railway station	Adderi	20 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	47 km

Villages closest to Kappanahalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kappanahalli village had a population of 2,565. That makes it the 13th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents.

Kappanahalli village has 1,282 males and 1,283 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kappanahalli has about 1001 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Kappanahalli is 577427. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kappanahalli covers 456.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kappanahalli falls under Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kappanahalli is Adderi, about 20 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 Kappanahalli.

Kappanahalli is about 47 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kappanahalli is in Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district. Shikarpur is about 6.5 km away. Shikaripura is about 6.5 km away. Adderi is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.