About Kanchikai Village

Kanchikai is a small village in Siddapur tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 472, made up of 250 males and 222 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 548.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581323, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanchikai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanchikai village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Siddapur
Pincode	581323
Area (hectares)	548.78 hectares
Population	472
Male Population	250
Female Population	222
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanchikai compares

By the 2011 count Kanchikai is the 62nd largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 427 residents. Its 548.78 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 1010.

Getting to Kanchikai

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

Kanchikai lies about 31 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Talaguppa, about 34 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 Kanchikai
Nearest town	Sirsi	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Siddapur	20 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	31 km
Nearest railway station	Talaguppa	34 km

Villages closest to Kanchikai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanchikai village had a population of 472. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 427 residents.

Kanchikai village has 250 males and 222 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanchikai has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Kanchikai is 581323. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanchikai covers 548.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanchikai falls under Siddapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kanchikai is Talaguppa, about 34 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 Kanchikai.

Kanchikai is about 31 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanchikai is in Siddapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Sirsi is about 15 km away. Siddapur is about 20 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.