About Kannuru Village

Kannuru is a small village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 231, made up of 119 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 471.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577434, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kannuru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kannuru village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577434
Area (hectares)	471.99 hectares
Population	231
Male Population	119
Female Population	112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kannuru compares

By the 2011 count Kannuru is the 205th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 471.99 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Kannuru

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

Kannuru lies about 59 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Balegundi, about 16 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 Kannuru
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	13 km
Nearest railway station	Balegundi	16 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	20 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	59 km

Villages closest to Kannuru

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 Kannuru

As per the Census of India 2011, Kannuru village had a population of 231. That makes it the 205th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Kannuru village has 119 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kannuru has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

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

Kannuru covers 471.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kannuru falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kannuru is Balegundi, about 16 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 Kannuru.

Kannuru is about 59 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kannuru is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 13 km away. Balegundi is about 16 km away. Sāgar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.