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About Banavasi Village

Banavasi is a large village in Yemmiganur tehsil, in the district of Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,695, made up of 2,150 males and 2,545 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,184 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1870 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 518323, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banavasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banavasi village
Description Value
State Andhra Pradesh
District Kurnool
Tehsil Yemmiganur
Pincode 518323
Area (hectares) 1870 hectares
Population 4,695
Male Population 2,150
Female Population 2,545
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,184
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banavasi compares

By the 2011 count Banavasi is the 6th largest of the 18 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 4,122 residents. Its 1870 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Banavasi

Banavasi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banavasi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banavasi from other places

Banavasi lies about 69 km from Kurnool, and the nearest railway station is Adoni, about 18 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Banavasi
Tehsil headquarters Yemmiganur 10 km
Nearest town Emmiganūr 10 km
Nearest railway station Adoni 18 km
District headquarters Kurnool 69 km

Villages closest to Banavasi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Yemmiganur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Banavasi

As per the Census of India 2011, Banavasi village had a population of 4,695. That makes it the 6th largest of the 18 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,122 residents.

Banavasi village has 2,150 males and 2,545 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banavasi has about 1184 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Banavasi is 518323. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banavasi covers 1870 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banavasi falls under Yemmiganur tehsil of Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banavasi is Adoni, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Banavasi.

Banavasi is about 69 km from Kurnool in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banavasi is in Yemmiganur tehsil of Kurnool district. Yemmiganur is about 10 km away. Emmiganūr is about 10 km away. Adoni is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Malakapuram (3.6 km), Kotekal (4.4 km) and Devibetta (5.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Banavasi today is likely to be higher.

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