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About Kanur Village

Kanur is a small village in Yellapur tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 95, made up of 51 males and 44 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 517.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581337, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Yellapur
Pincode 581337
Area (hectares) 517.22 hectares
Population 95
Male Population 51
Female Population 44
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 863
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanur compares

By the 2011 count Kanur is the 100th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 517.22 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 963.

Getting to Kanur

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

Kanur lies about 24 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Harwada, about 32 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 Kanur
Tehsil headquarters Yellapur 22 km
Nearest town Yellāpur 22 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 24 km
Nearest railway station Harwada 32 km

Villages closest to Kanur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanur village had a population of 95. That makes it the 100th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Kanur village has 51 males and 44 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanur has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Kanur is 581337. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanur covers 517.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanur falls under Yellapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kanur is Harwada, about 32 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kanur.

Kanur is about 24 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanur is in Yellapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Yellapur is about 22 km away. Yellāpur is about 22 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mavinamane (3.3 km), Bare (5.2 km) and Honagadde (5.3 km).

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

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