By population, Kankanawadi ranks #28 of 50 villages in Jamkhandi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kankanawadi is a village of 3,391 people in 638 households (Census 2011) in Jamkhandi taluk, Bagalkote district, Karnataka, the 28th-largest of 50 villages in Jamkhandi taluk. Literacy is 50%, 4 points below the taluk average of 54% and the sex ratio is 984 women per 1,000 men. It lies 58 km from the Bagalkote district centre, 0 km from Kankanawadi, the nearest town, 44 km from Kudachi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 587119, served by Hunnur post office; the LGD village code is 598428. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kadlewad Hospital, 7 km away. The village votes in Jamkhandi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jagadeesh Shivayya Gudagunti. The population is estimated at 3,998 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kankanawadi · this village | 3,391 | 50% | — |
| Kankanawadi · Raybag | 16,311 | 50% | 0 km N |
| Hunnur · Jamkhandi | 9,771 | 65% | 7 km S |
| Hipparagi · Rabakavi Banahatti | 8,560 | 55% | 10.7 km W |
| Kulhalli · Rabakavi Banahatti | 8,353 | 50% | 12.3 km SW |
| Hirepadasalgi · Jamkhandi | 7,112 | 48% | 12.8 km E |
| Kokatnur · Sindgi | 4,252 | 46% | 13.2 km NW |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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