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.
Ragi mudde, also colloquially simply referred to as either 'Mudde' or 'HiTTu'; is a wholesome meal in Kanchala.
Kanchala has school there almost 40 to 50 students passes out from 5th standard which is located near to the bus stop.
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 honour conferred in India, was born at Hosahalli.