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About Gunjavati Village

Gunjavati is a mid sized village in Mundgod tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 848, made up of 451 males and 397 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1351.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581349, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gunjavati Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gunjavati village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Mundgod
Pincode 581349
Area (hectares) 1351.31 hectares
Population 848
Male Population 451
Female Population 397
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 880
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gunjavati compares

By the 2011 count Gunjavati is the 28th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,009 residents. Its 1351.31 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Gunjavati

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

Gunjavati lies about 55 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Kundgol, about 45 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 Gunjavati
Tehsil headquarters Mundgod 12 km
Nearest town Yellāpur 24 km
Nearest railway station Kundgol 45 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 55 km

Villages closest to Gunjavati

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gunjavati village had a population of 848. That makes it the 28th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,009 residents.

Gunjavati village has 451 males and 397 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gunjavati has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Gunjavati is 581349. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gunjavati covers 1351.31 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.

Gunjavati falls under Mundgod tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gunjavati is Kundgol, about 45 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gunjavati.

Gunjavati is about 55 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gunjavati is in Mundgod tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Mundgod is about 12 km away. Yellāpur is about 24 km away. Kundgol is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balehalli (4.3 km), Mainalli (4.6 km) and Yerebail (6.1 km).

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

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