About Puttanapalya Village

Puttanapalya is a small village in Kunigal tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 166, made up of 83 males and 83 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 281.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Puttanapalya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puttanapalya village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Kunigal
Pincode	572111
Area (hectares)	281.18 hectares
Population	166
Male Population	83
Female Population	83
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Puttanapalya compares

By the 2011 count Puttanapalya is the 218th largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 281.18 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, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Puttanapalya

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

Puttanapalya lies about 50 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Siddapura, about 9.4 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 Puttanapalya
Nearest railway station	Siddapura	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kunigal	15 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	50 km

Villages closest to Puttanapalya

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 Puttanapalya

As per the Census of India 2011, Puttanapalya village had a population of 166. That makes it the 218th largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Puttanapalya village has 83 males and 83 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puttanapalya has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Puttanapalya is 572111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Puttanapalya covers 281.18 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.

Puttanapalya falls under Kunigal tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Puttanapalya is Siddapura, about 9.4 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 Puttanapalya.

Puttanapalya is about 50 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puttanapalya is in Kunigal tehsil of Tumkur district. Siddapura is about 9.4 km away. Kunigal is about 15 km away. Tumkur is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.