About Kanahalli Village

Kanahalli is a small village in Shikarpur tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 478, made up of 232 males and 246 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,060 females per 1000 males. The village covers 244.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577450, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanahalli village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Shikarpur
Pincode	577450
Area (hectares)	244.52 hectares
Population	478
Male Population	232
Female Population	246
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,060
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanahalli compares

By the 2011 count Kanahalli is the 119th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents. Its 244.52 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 Kanahalli

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

Kanahalli lies about 65 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Adderi, about 34 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 Kanahalli
Tehsil headquarters	Shikarpur	21 km
Nearest town	Shikaripura	21 km
Nearest railway station	Adderi	34 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	65 km

Villages closest to Kanahalli

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 Kanahalli

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanahalli village had a population of 478. That makes it the 119th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents.

Kanahalli village has 232 males and 246 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanahalli has about 1060 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Kanahalli is 577450. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanahalli covers 244.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanahalli falls under Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kanahalli is Adderi, about 34 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 Kanahalli.

Kanahalli is about 65 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanahalli is in Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district. Shikarpur is about 21 km away. Shikaripura is about 21 km away. Adderi is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.