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About Kuntgani Village

Kuntgani is a mid sized village in Ankola tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,030, made up of 532 males and 498 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2356.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581344, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kuntgani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kuntgani village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Ankola
Pincode 581344
Area (hectares) 2356.82 hectares
Population 1,030
Male Population 532
Female Population 498
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 936
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kuntgani compares

By the 2011 count Kuntgani is the 19th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 979 residents. Its 2356.82 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Kuntgani

Kuntgani is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kuntgani as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Kuntgani from other places

Kuntgani lies about under 2 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Gokarna Road, about 21 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 Kuntgani
District headquarters Uttara Kannada under 2 km
Nearest railway station Gokarna Road 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Ankola 26 km

Villages closest to Kuntgani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kuntgani village had a population of 1,030. That makes it the 19th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 979 residents.

Kuntgani village has 532 males and 498 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kuntgani has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Kuntgani is 581344. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kuntgani covers 2356.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kuntgani falls under Ankola tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kuntgani is Gokarna Road, about 21 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 village for Kuntgani.

Kuntgani is about under 2 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kuntgani is in Ankola tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Uttara Kannada is about under 2 km away. Gokarna Road is about 21 km away. Ankola is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Achave (3.0 km), Manigadde (3.8 km) and Heggarnikotebavi (4.4 km).

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

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