About Gunavante Village

Gunavante is a large village in Honavar tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,628, made up of 1,281 males and 1,347 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1016.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581423, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gunavante Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gunavante village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Honavar
Pincode	581423
Area (hectares)	1016.28 hectares
Population	2,628
Male Population	1,281
Female Population	1,347
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,052
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gunavante compares

By the 2011 count Gunavante is the 16th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents. Its 1016.28 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Gunavante

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

Gunavante lies about 50 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Manki, about 6.1 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 Gunavante
Nearest railway station	Manki	6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Honavar	6.9 km
Nearest town	Kumta	24 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	50 km

Villages closest to Gunavante

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gunavante village had a population of 2,628. That makes it the 16th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents.

Gunavante village has 1,281 males and 1,347 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gunavante has about 1052 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Gunavante is 581423. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gunavante covers 1016.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gunavante falls under Honavar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gunavante is Manki, about 6.1 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 Gunavante.

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

Gunavante is in Honavar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Manki is about 6.1 km away. Honavar is about 6.9 km away. Kumta is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.