About Kenkere Village

Kenkere is a small village in Kunigal tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 254, made up of 132 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572130, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kenkere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kenkere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Kunigal
Pincode	572130
Area (hectares)	110.48 hectares
Population	254
Male Population	132
Female Population	122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	924
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kenkere compares

By the 2011 count Kenkere is the 199th largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 110.48 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Kenkere

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

Kenkere lies about 20 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Tippasandra, about 12 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 Kenkere
Nearest railway station	Tippasandra	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kunigal	20 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	20 km

Villages closest to Kenkere

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.

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Common questions about Kenkere

As per the Census of India 2011, Kenkere village had a population of 254. That makes it the 199th largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Kenkere village has 132 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kenkere has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1033.

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

Kenkere covers 110.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kenkere falls under Kunigal tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kenkere is Tippasandra, about 12 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 Kenkere.

Kenkere is about 20 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kenkere is in Kunigal tehsil of Tumkur district. Tippasandra is about 12 km away. Kunigal is about 20 km away. Tumkur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.