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About Banavathi Village

Banavathi is a large village in Dod Ballapur tehsil, in the district of Bangalore Rural, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,114, made up of 1,089 males and 1,025 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1479.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 561204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banavathi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banavathi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bangalore Rural
Tehsil Dod Ballapur
Pincode 561204
Area (hectares) 1479.92 hectares
Population 2,114
Male Population 1,089
Female Population 1,025
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 941
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banavathi compares

By the 2011 count Banavathi is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 732 residents. Its 1479.92 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Banavathi

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

Banavathi lies about 34 km from Bangalore Rural, and the nearest railway station is Thondebhavi, about 14 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 Banavathi
Nearest railway station Thondebhavi 14 km
Nearest town Gauribidanur 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Dod Ballapur 25 km
District headquarters Bangalore Rural 34 km

Villages closest to Banavathi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dod Ballapur 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 Banavathi

As per the Census of India 2011, Banavathi village had a population of 2,114. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 732 residents.

Banavathi village has 1,089 males and 1,025 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banavathi has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Banavathi is 561204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banavathi covers 1479.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banavathi falls under Dod Ballapur tehsil of Bangalore Rural district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Banavathi is Thondebhavi, about 14 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Banavathi.

Banavathi is about 34 km from Bangalore Rural in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banavathi is in Dod Ballapur tehsil of Bangalore Rural district. Thondebhavi is about 14 km away. Gauribidanur is about 20 km away. Dod Ballapur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Aroodi (2.1 km), Lingadaveeranahalli (3.6 km) and Dadighattamadagu (3.9 km).

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

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