About Kanathur Village

Kanathur is a mid sized village in Turuvekere tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,009, made up of 488 males and 521 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,068 females per 1000 males. The village covers 314.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanathur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Turuvekere
Pincode	572224
Area (hectares)	314.76 hectares
Population	1,009
Male Population	488
Female Population	521
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,068
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanathur compares

By the 2011 count Kanathur is the 37th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 653 residents. Its 314.76 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Kanathur

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

Kanathur lies about 62 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Aralaguppe, about 17 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 Kanathur
Tehsil headquarters	Turuvekere	12 km
Nearest railway station	Aralaguppe	17 km
Nearest town	Tiptūr	20 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	62 km

Villages closest to Kanathur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanathur village had a population of 1,009. That makes it the 37th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 653 residents.

Kanathur village has 488 males and 521 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanathur has about 1068 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Kanathur is 572224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanathur covers 314.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanathur falls under Turuvekere tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kanathur is Aralaguppe, about 17 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 10+ km distance for Kanathur.

Kanathur is about 62 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanathur is in Turuvekere tehsil of Tumkur district. Turuvekere is about 12 km away. Aralaguppe is about 17 km away. Tiptūr is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.