Kenkere

Small Town in Karnataka, India

13°37′N 76°32′E / 13.61°N 76.53°E / 13.61; 76.53Country

IndiaStateKarnatakaRegionBayaluseemeDistrictTumkur DistrictTalukasChiknayakanhalliGovernment

• TypeLocal Government • BodyGram PanchayatPopulation

(2001)

• Total5,239DemonymKenkereanLanguages

• OfficialKannada • SpokenKannada and EnglishTime zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)Postal Index Number

572218

Telephone code+91(0)8133Vehicle registrationKA-44

Kenkere is a small town in the southern state of Karnataka, India.^[1]^[2] It is located in the Chiknayakanhalli taluk of Tumkur district in Karnataka. It is the headquarters of the Village Panchayat.

Kenkere is 6 km (3.7 mi) North of Chitradurga district border, 24 km (15 mi) west of Chikkamagaluru district border and 25 km (16 mi) Southwest of Hassan district border.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, kenkere had a population of 5239 with males 2653 and females 2586.^[1] Coconut is the crop which is main income of farmers here.

Notable people

K. B. Siddaiah - professor, activist and poet in Kannada, was born in the village.

References

^ ^a ^b Village code= 1434300 "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
^ "Yahoomaps India". Archived from the original on 18 December 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008. Kenkere, Tumkur, Karnataka