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About Yarnal Village

Yarnal is a large village in Chikodi tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,657, made up of 1,358 males and 1,299 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 699.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yarnal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yarnal village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Belgaum
Tehsil Chikodi
Pincode 591221
Area (hectares) 699.8 hectares
Population 2,657
Male Population 1,358
Female Population 1,299
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 957
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Yarnal compares

By the 2011 count Yarnal is the 67th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,865 residents. Its 699.8 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Yarnal

Yarnal is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Yarnal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Yarnal from other places

Yarnal lies about 59 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Valivade, about 38 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 Yarnal
Nearest town Nipāni 3.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Chikodi 23 km
Nearest railway station Valivade 38 km
District headquarters Belgaum 59 km

Villages closest to Yarnal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Yarnal village had a population of 2,657. That makes it the 67th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,865 residents.

Yarnal village has 1,358 males and 1,299 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yarnal has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Yarnal is 591221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yarnal covers 699.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Yarnal falls under Chikodi tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Yarnal is Valivade, about 38 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Yarnal.

Yarnal is about 59 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yarnal is in Chikodi tehsil of Belgaum district. Nipāni is about 3.2 km away. Chikodi is about 23 km away. Valivade is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gavan (2.7 km), Tavadi (2.8 km) and Nippani (3.5 km).

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

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