About Kanukoppa Village

Kanukoppa is a small village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 123, made up of 69 males and 54 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 783 females per 1000 males. The village covers 22.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577433, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanukoppa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanukoppa village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577433
Area (hectares)	22.51 hectares
Population	123
Male Population	69
Female Population	54
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	783
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanukoppa compares

By the 2011 count Kanukoppa is the 237th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 22.51 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 986.

Getting to Kanukoppa

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

Kanukoppa lies about 72 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Balegundi, about 37 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 Kanukoppa
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	16 km
Nearest town	Shikaripura	28 km
Nearest railway station	Balegundi	37 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	72 km

Villages closest to Kanukoppa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanukoppa village had a population of 123. That makes it the 237th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Kanukoppa village has 69 males and 54 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanukoppa has about 783 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Kanukoppa is 577433. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanukoppa covers 22.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanukoppa falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kanukoppa is Balegundi, about 37 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 Kanukoppa.

Kanukoppa is about 72 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanukoppa is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 16 km away. Shikaripura is about 28 km away. Balegundi is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.