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About Budihal Village

Budihal is a mid sized village in Badami tehsil, in the district of Bagalkot, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 516, made up of 255 males and 261 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 307.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 587201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Budihal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Budihal village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bagalkot
Tehsil Badami
Pincode 587201
Area (hectares) 307.47 hectares
Population 516
Male Population 255
Female Population 261
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,024
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Budihal compares

By the 2011 count Budihal is the 136th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,656 residents. Its 307.47 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 998.

Getting to Budihal

Budihal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Budihal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Budihal from other places

Budihal lies about 38 km from Bagalkot, and the nearest railway station is Jakanur, about under 2 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 Budihal
Nearest railway station Jakanur under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Badami 8.4 km
Nearest town Bādāmi 8.4 km
District headquarters Bagalkot 38 km

Villages closest to Budihal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Badami 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 Budihal

As per the Census of India 2011, Budihal village had a population of 516. That makes it the 136th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,656 residents.

Budihal village has 255 males and 261 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Budihal has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 998.

The pincode recorded for Budihal is 587201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Budihal covers 307.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Budihal falls under Badami tehsil of Bagalkot district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Budihal is Jakanur, about under 2 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 <5 km distance for Budihal.

Budihal is about 38 km from Bagalkot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Budihal is in Badami tehsil of Bagalkot district. Jakanur is about under 2 km away. Badami is about 8.4 km away. Bādāmi is about 8.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bedarabudihal (under 2 km), Fakeerabudihal (under 2 km) and Khazibudihal (under 2 km).

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

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