About Kuntagalale Village

Kuntagalale is a mid sized village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 500, made up of 250 males and 250 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 800.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kuntagalale Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kuntagalale village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577429
Area (hectares)	800.87 hectares
Population	500
Male Population	250
Female Population	250
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kuntagalale compares

By the 2011 count Kuntagalale is the 124th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 800.87 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Kuntagalale

Kuntagalale is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kuntagalale as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Kuntagalale from other places

Kuntagalale lies about 95 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 31 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 Kuntagalale
Nearest town	Sirsi	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	24 km
Nearest railway station	Kanale	31 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	95 km

Villages closest to Kuntagalale

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 Kuntagalale

As per the Census of India 2011, Kuntagalale village had a population of 500. That makes it the 124th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Kuntagalale village has 250 males and 250 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kuntagalale has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Kuntagalale is 577429. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kuntagalale covers 800.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kuntagalale falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kuntagalale is Kanale, about 31 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kuntagalale.

Kuntagalale is about 95 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kuntagalale is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sirsi is about 16 km away. Sorab is about 24 km away. Kanale is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.