Kanakapura Taluka - Bengaluru South, Karnataka

Kanakapura is an administrative taluka in the Bengaluru South district of Karnataka, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and is a key part of the district's rural administration. Kanakapura is the main town for most villages within the taluka. The nearest railway station is situated at Ramanagaram, while the nearest airport is Kempegowda International Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 62.6 km.

The total area of the taluka is 1,553 km², including 1,545.80 km² rural area and 7.20 km² urban area. The sex ratio is approximately 964 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Kanakapura Taluka

Kanakapura Taluka has a total of 168 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Taluka, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.	Village Name	Category	Gram Panchayat
1	Achalu	Rural	Acchalu
2	Agrahara	Rural	Tungani
3	Ajjabasavanahalli	Rural	Herandyapanahalli
4	Alahalli	Rural	Doddaalahalli
5	Allimaranahalli	Rural	Allimaranahalli
6	Alur	Rural	Kabbalu
7	Anajawadi	Rural	Chikkamudavadi
8	Anamanahalli	Rural	Kallahalli
9	Anjanapura	Rural	Shivanahalli
10	Anmanahalli	Unmapped	Not applicable
11	Arakere	Rural	Arakere
12	Aralalu	Rural	Shivanahalli
13	Aralalusandra	Rural	Tungani
14	Aranakuppe	Rural	Kallahalli
15	Arehosahalli	Rural	Herandyapanahalli
16	Arekoppa	Rural	I. Golla Halli
17	Attihalli	Rural	Arekattedoddi(Kachuvanahalli)
18	Balagondanahalli	Rural	Bannimukkodlu
19	Balepura	Rural	Hosadurga
20	Bannane	Rural	Kadahalli
21	Bannimukkodlu	Rural	Bannimukkodlu
22	Banthamari State Forest	Rural	Allimaranahalli
23	Baradanahalli	Rural	Budiguppe
24	Basavanahalli	Rural	Somedyapanahalli
25	Basavapatna Veerasandra	Rural	Hunasanahalli
26	Bekuppe	Rural	T.Bekkuppe
27	Belidale	Rural	Kolagondanahalli
28	Belikothanur	Rural	Somedyapanahalli
29	Bennegodlu	Rural	Uyyamballi
30	Bijjahalli	Rural	Herandyapanahalli
31	Bommanahalli	Rural	Acchalu
32	Bommasandra	Rural	Herandyapanahalli
33	Boohalli	Rural	Kadahalli
34	Byalalu	Rural	Chikkamudavadi
35	Chakanahalli	Rural	Chakanahalli
36	Channasandra	Rural	Hukunda
37	Cheelandavadi Forest	Rural	Uyyamballi
38	Cheelandvadi	Rural	Uyyamballi
39	Cheeranakuppe	Rural	Chakanahalli
40	Chikka Muduvadi	Rural	Chikkamudavadi
41	Chikkabettahalli	Rural	Narayanapura
42	Chikkakoppa	Rural	Hukunda
43	Chikkalahalli	Rural	Sathanur
44	Chikkamudude	Rural	Doddaalahalli
45	Chikkmukodlu	Rural	Bannimukkodlu
46	Chokasandra	Rural	T.Bekkuppe
47	Choodahalli	Rural	Choodahalli
48	Dalimba	Rural	Arekattedoddi(Kachuvanahalli)
49	Deshavalli	Rural	Sathanur
50	Doddaguli	Rural	Arakere
51	Doddakabbahalli	Rural	Kodihalli
52	Doddakoppa	Rural	I. Golla Halli
53	Dollahalli	Rural	Allimaranahalli
54	Dunthuru	Rural	Kadahalli
55	Ganalu	Rural	Allimaranahalli
56	Ganganahalli	Rural	Hunasanahalli
57	Garalapura	Rural	Arakere
58	Gattigunda	Rural	Kolagondanahalli
59	Gerahalli	Rural	Choodahalli
60	Gollahalli	Rural	Kottagalu
61	Goravinapura	Rural	Kabbalu
62	Guddaveerana Hosahalli	Rural	Hosadurga
63	Halanatha	Rural	Bannimukkodlu
64	Halasinamaradahalli	Rural	Honniganahalli
65	Halasuru	Rural	Kadahalli
66	Halasuru	Rural	Arakere
67	Hanakadaburu	Rural	Hosadurga
68	Hanchiguli	Rural	Arakere
69	Harihara	Rural	Honniganahalli
70	Haroshivanahalli	Rural	Uyyamballi
71	Hegganuru	Rural	Uyyamballi
72	Heligehalli	Rural	Uyyamballi
73	Herandyappanahalli	Rural	Herandyapanahalli
74	Honnahalli	Rural	Choodahalli
75	Honniganahalli	Rural	Bannimukkodlu
76	Honniganahalli	Rural	Honniganahalli
77	Hoolya	Rural	Uyyamballi
78	Horalagallu	Rural	T.Bekkuppe
79	Hosadurga	Rural	Hosadurga
80	Hosahalli	Rural	Arekattedoddi(Kachuvanahalli)
81	Hukundha	Rural	Hukunda
82	Hunasalanatha	Rural	Bannimukkodlu
83	Hunasanakodihalli	Rural	Hunasanahalli
84	Hunsanahalli	Rural	Hunasanahalli
85	Hyra	Rural	Uyyamballi
86	Irlapodu	Rural	Bannimukkodlu
87	K.Gollahalli	Rural	I. Golla Halli
88	Kabbal	Rural	Kabbalu
89	Kabbal Forest	Rural	Kabbalu
90	Kachavanahalli	Rural	Arekattedoddi(Kachuvanahalli)
91	Kadahalli	Rural	Kadahalli
92	Kallahalli	Rural	Kallahalli
93	Kambasagara	Rural	Kabbalu
94	Kanakapura (Rural)	Rural	Budiguppe
95	Kanchanahalli	Rural	Kabbalu
96	Kebbehalli	Rural	Narayanapura
97	Kebre	Rural	Arakere
98	Kemmale	Rural	Honniganahalli
99	Kempalanatha	Rural	Hosadurga
100	Kerelallusandra	Rural	Chakanahalli
101	Kodihalli	Rural	Kodihalli
102	Kokkarehosahalli	Rural	Mullahalli
103	Kolagondanahalli	Rural	Kolagondanahalli
104	Konanagundi	Rural	Banavasi
105	Kotekoppa	Rural	I. Golla Halli
106	Kudigalane	Rural	Bannimukkodlu
107	Kunuru	Rural	Narayanapura
108	Kuthagale	Rural	Mullahalli
109	Kuthagondanahalli	Rural	Somedyapanahalli
110	Madarahalli	Rural	Mullahalli
111	Mahalli	Rural	Uyyamballi
112	Mahimanahalli	Rural	Marale Bekuppe
113	Makkalandha	Rural	Doddaalahalli
114	Mallappana Hosahalli	Rural	Somedyapanahalli
115	Mallapura	Unmapped	Not applicable
116	Mallapura (Satanuru Hobli)	Rural	Kodihalli
117	Manjilnatha	Rural	Kolagondanahalli
118	Maradevanahalli	Rural	Kabbalu
119	Marale Bekuppe	Rural	Marale Bekuppe
120	Margadevanagundi	Rural	Mullahalli
121	Mudalaswamikuppe	Rural	Honniganahalli
122	Mugguru	Rural	Bannimukkodlu
123	Mugguru Forest	Rural	Bannimukkodlu
124	Mullahalli	Rural	Mullahalli
125	Muradihosahalli	Rural	Somedyapanahalli
126	Murkani	Rural	Somedyapanahalli
127	Nagarasanakote	Rural	Sathanur
128	Nallahalli	Rural	Nallahalli
129	Nayakanahalli	Rural	Doddaalahalli
130	Nidagallu	Rural	Narayanapura
131	Nidagallu Aralalasandra	Rural	Narayanapura
132	Puradadoddi	Rural	Acchalu
133	Purushagondanahalli	Rural	Uyyamballi
134	Ramanahalli	Rural	Shivanahalli
135	Ramapura	Rural	Tungani
136	Rayasandra	Rural	Tungani
137	Salabanni	Rural	Hosadurga
138	Sambapura	Rural	Kadahalli
139	Sasalapura	Rural	Honniganahalli
140	Sathanur	Rural	Sathanur
141	Seegekote	Rural	Shivanahalli
142	Shivanahalli	Rural	Shivanahalli
143	Somanathapura	Rural	Choodahalli
144	Somedyapanahalli	Rural	Somedyapanahalli
145	Sooligere	Rural	Kadahalli
146	Suranahalli	Rural	Arekattedoddi(Kachuvanahalli)
147	T.Gollahalli	Rural	Hukunda
148	Tailuru Forest	Rural	Kabbalu
149	Tattiguppe	Rural	Herandyapanahalli
150	Thattikere	Rural	Hunasanahalli
151	Thenganayakanahalli	Rural	Choodahalli
152	Thippur	Rural	Herandyapanahalli
153	Thotahalli	Rural	Acchalu
154	Tigalarahalli	Rural	Kallahalli
155	Tigalarahosahalli	Rural	T.Bekkuppe
156	Tungani	Rural	Tungani
157	Udarahalli	Rural	Somedyapanahalli
158	Uyyamballi	Rural	Uyyamballi
159	Vadakekatte	Rural	Uyyamballi
160	Vadedoddi	Rural	Allimaranahalli
161	Veerasandra	Rural	Uyyamballi
162	Virupasandra	Rural	Chakanahalli
163	Virupasandra	Rural	Choodahalli
164	Yadamaranahalli	Rural	Acchalu
165	Yadugowdanahalli	Rural	Cheelur
166	Yakkuli	Rural	Herandyapanahalli
167	Yalachahalli	Rural	Hunasanahalli
168	Yeramgere	Rural	Hosadurga

Population of Kanakapura Taluka

As per the Census 2011, Kanakapura Taluka has a total population of 3,50,877 people, consisting of 1,78,572 males and 1,72,305 females. There are 85,173 households in the taluka with an average population density of 226 people per km². The table below shows the rural and urban breakup of population and households:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Total Population	3,50,877	2,96,863	54,014
Male Population	1,78,572	1,51,060	27,512
Female Population	1,72,305	1,45,803	26,502
Total Households	85,173	72,748	12,425
Population Density	226 / km²	192 / km²	7,502 / km²

Beyond these basic counts, the taluka has 2,05,066 literate people and 34,319 children (0–6 years). The demographic distribution also includes 68,127 from Scheduled Caste (SC) and 7,328 from Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities. Detailed rural and urban data for these categories is provided below:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Child Population (Age 0–6)	34,319	28,578	5,741
Literate Population	2,05,066	1,65,925	39,141
Illiterate Population	1,45,811	1,30,938	14,873
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population	68,127	61,278	6,849
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population	7,328	6,722	606

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.

Taluka Overview
Taluka (Hindi)	Kanakapura (कनकपुरा)
District	Bengaluru South
State / UT	Karnataka
Railway Station	Ramanagaram
Total Area	1,553 km²
Sex Ratio (2011)	964
Total Population (2011)	3,50,877
Density	226/km²
Total Villages	168

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