# Kanur Village, Virajpet, Kodagu (Karnataka) – PIN Code

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Village · Virajpet, Kodagu 

# Kanur

Kanur is a village in Virajpet sub-district of Kodagu district, Karnataka, PIN code **571216**. The 2011 Census counted **1,796 people in 488 households**, the 35th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 1,796people (2011)
- 488households
- 77.0%literacy
- 571216PIN code

## Kanur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kanur is 571216.** Kanur falls in Virajpet sub-district, Kodagu district, Karnataka.

- PIN code571216
- Gram panchayatKanur
- Community development blockVirajpet
- Census village code618058

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kanur from nearby towns?

- Virajpet (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Madikeri (district HQ)60 km by road
- Virajpet (nearest town)20 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kanur?

23 services counted by the Census are inside Kanur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 2
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 2
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Halligattu
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gonikoppall
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gonikoppal
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 20 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kanur known for?

The main crops are **paddy and orange**. About 94% of the 1,144 hectares of village land is sown, and 271 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Kanur

Of every 100 households in Kanur in 2011, 85 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 27 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 18 a car.

■ Kanur · ■ Virajpet rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**79%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**79%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**20%

Tap water ****41%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****27%**

**25%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**74%

Use banking services ****60%**

**61%

Television ****48%**

**54%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****18%**

**15%

None of these assets ****19%**

**15%

Own their home ****61%**

**60%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kanur?

■ Kanur · ■ Virajpet rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.0%**

**78.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1101**

**1025

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**996

Working population ****54.6%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.8% for men and 71.7% for women. 66% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 27 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (1%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 847 (86%) · **■** Marginal 95 (10%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Virajpet

- Balugodu2,013 people
- Devanur1,909 people
- Dhanugala1,893 people
- Kothur1,816 people
- Hysodlur1,733 people
- Kurchi1,724 people
- Siddapura1,718 people
- Parakatageri1,704 people

[All 94 villages in Virajpet](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/kodagu/virajpet/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kanur?571216
- How far is Kanur from Madikeri?60 km by road
- What is the population of Kanur?1,796 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanur in?Kodagu district (Virajpet sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Kanur?77.0% (Census 2011)