About Kanahalli Village

Kanahalli is a mid sized village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 652, made up of 322 males and 330 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 653.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577434, 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	Sorab
Pincode	577434
Area (hectares)	653.79 hectares
Population	652
Male Population	322
Female Population	330
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
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 97th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 653.79 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

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 60 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Balegundi, about 13 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	Sorab	13 km
Nearest railway station	Balegundi	13 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	16 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	60 km

Villages closest to Kanahalli

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 Kanahalli

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanahalli village had a population of 652. That makes it the 97th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Kanahalli village has 322 males and 330 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanahalli has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Kanahalli is 577434. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanahalli covers 653.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanahalli falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kanahalli is Balegundi, about 13 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 60 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 Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 13 km away. Balegundi is about 13 km away. Sāgar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.