About Dandapur Village

Dandapur is a large village in Gokak tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,825, made up of 1,450 males and 1,375 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1028.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dandapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dandapur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Belgaum
Tehsil	Gokak
Pincode	591312
Area (hectares)	1028.27 hectares
Population	2,825
Male Population	1,450
Female Population	1,375
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dandapur compares

By the 2011 count Dandapur is the 56th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,673 residents. Its 1028.27 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Dandapur

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

How far is Dandapur from other places

Dandapur lies about 60 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Bagewadi, about 6.7 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 Dandapur
Nearest railway station	Bagewadi	6.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gokak	15 km
District headquarters	Belgaum	60 km

Villages closest to Dandapur

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

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Common questions about Dandapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Dandapur village had a population of 2,825. That makes it the 56th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,673 residents.

Dandapur village has 1,450 males and 1,375 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dandapur has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Dandapur is 591312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dandapur covers 1028.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dandapur falls under Gokak tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Dandapur is Bagewadi, about 6.7 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 village for Dandapur.

Dandapur is about 60 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dandapur is in Gokak tehsil of Belgaum district. Bagewadi is about 6.7 km away. Gokak is about 15 km away. Belgaum is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.