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About Herur Kanchagalapura Village

Herur Kanchagalapura is a small village in Kunigal tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 25, made up of 11 males and 14 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,273 females per 1000 males. The village covers 258.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572130, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Herur Kanchagalapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Herur Kanchagalapura village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Tumkur
Tehsil Kunigal
Pincode 572130
Area (hectares) 258.62 hectares
Population 25
Male Population 11
Female Population 14
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,273
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Herur Kanchagalapura compares

By the 2011 count Herur Kanchagalapura is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 258.62 hectares work out to about 0.1 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 1033.

Getting to Herur Kanchagalapura

Herur Kanchagalapura is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Herur Kanchagalapura as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Herur Kanchagalapura from other places

Herur Kanchagalapura lies about 39 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Kunigal, about 1.6 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 Herur Kanchagalapura
Nearest railway station Kunigal 1.6 km
District headquarters Tumkur 39 km

Villages closest to Herur Kanchagalapura

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

Common questions about Herur Kanchagalapura

As per the Census of India 2011, Herur Kanchagalapura village had a population of 25. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Herur Kanchagalapura village has 11 males and 14 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Herur Kanchagalapura has about 1273 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Herur Kanchagalapura is 572130. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Herur Kanchagalapura covers 258.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Herur Kanchagalapura falls under Kunigal tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Herur Kanchagalapura is Kunigal, about 1.6 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Herur Kanchagalapura.

Herur Kanchagalapura is about 39 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Herur Kanchagalapura is in Kunigal tehsil of Tumkur district. Kunigal is about 1.6 km away. Tumkur is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Herur (under 2 km), Kothipura (under 2 km) and Alalapura (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Herur Kanchagalapura today is likely to be higher.

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