Kanchala

Kanchala is a village of Kolar district in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about 50 km east of the state capital, Bangalore, just north of the Tamil Nadu border. In 2001, its population was 464 inhabitants, with 98 households, 233 males and 231 females.

It is just on the nearby Malur and KGF, 21 km away from the Malur. There is a Shiva temple right in the near village and this temple is very famous and thing is in this temple the water coming from the big stone. And the exciting thing about this village is around 33 people are B.com graduates and in one shot we can call this village as commerce city.

In Kanchala village, agriculture is the main occupation. Finger millet (ragi) and vegetables are extensively grown here. Ragi mudde, also colloquially simply referred to as either 'Mudde' or 'HiTTu'; is a wholesome meal in Kanchala. It is mainly popular with the rural folk of Karnataka.

Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, a well-known writer in Kannada language and the fourth among Kannada writers to be honored with the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honor conferred in India, was born at Hosahalli.