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About Basarkhod Village

Basarkhod is a mid sized village in Sampgaon tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,142, made up of 597 males and 545 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 423.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basarkhod Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basarkhod village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Belgaum
Tehsil Sampgaon
Pincode 591115
Area (hectares) 423.24 hectares
Population 1,142
Male Population 597
Female Population 545
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 913
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Basarkhod compares

By the 2011 count Basarkhod is the 97th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,515 residents. Its 423.24 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 981.

Getting to Basarkhod

Basarkhod 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 Basarkhod 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basarkhod from other places

Basarkhod lies about 40 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Kambarganvi, about 15 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 Basarkhod
Nearest railway station Kambarganvi 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Sampgaon 24 km
Nearest town Haliyal 28 km
District headquarters Belgaum 40 km

Villages closest to Basarkhod

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basarkhod village had a population of 1,142. That makes it the 97th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,515 residents.

Basarkhod village has 597 males and 545 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basarkhod has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Basarkhod is 591115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basarkhod covers 423.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basarkhod falls under Sampgaon tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Basarkhod is Kambarganvi, about 15 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Basarkhod.

Basarkhod is about 40 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basarkhod is in Sampgaon tehsil of Belgaum district. Kambarganvi is about 15 km away. Sampgaon is about 24 km away. Haliyal is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Degaon (under 2 km), Honnapur (2.0 km) and Channapur (2.5 km).

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

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