Kenkere

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Kenkere
Small Town
Nickname: 
"Shree Sharana Kshetra"
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Kenkere
Location in Karnataka, India
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Kenkere
Kenkere (India)
Coordinates: 13°37′N76°32′E / 13.61°N 76.53°E / 13.61; 76.53
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Karnataka
Region Bayaluseeme
District Tumkur District
Talukas Chiknayakanhalli
Government
  TypeLocal Government
  BodyGram Panchayat
Population
 (2001)
  Total5,239
Demonym Kenkerean
Languages
  Official Kannada
  Spoken Kannada and English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Postal Index Number
572218
Telephone code+91(0)8133
Vehicle registration KA-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.

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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

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References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. "Yahoomaps India". Archived from the original on 18 December 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008. Kenkere, Tumkur, Karnataka