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About Basarakodu Village

Basarakodu is a large village in Hagaribommanahalli tehsil, in the district of Bellary, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,025, made up of 1,995 males and 2,030 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2182.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basarakodu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basarakodu village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bellary
Tehsil Hagaribommanahalli
Pincode 583111
Area (hectares) 2182.82 hectares
Population 4,025
Male Population 1,995
Female Population 2,030
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,018
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Basarakodu compares

By the 2011 count Basarakodu is the 12th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,552 residents. Its 2182.82 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Basarakodu

Basarakodu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basarakodu as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basarakodu from other places

Basarakodu lies about 88 km from Bellary, and the nearest railway station is Hagari Bommanahalli, 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 Basarakodu
Tehsil headquarters Hagaribommanahalli 15 km
Nearest railway station Hagari Bommanahalli 15 km
Nearest town Hadagalli 23 km
District headquarters Bellary 88 km

Villages closest to Basarakodu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basarakodu village had a population of 4,025. That makes it the 12th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,552 residents.

Basarakodu village has 1,995 males and 2,030 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basarakodu has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Basarakodu is 583111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basarakodu covers 2182.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basarakodu falls under Hagaribommanahalli tehsil of Bellary district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Basarakodu is Hagari Bommanahalli, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Basarakodu.

Basarakodu is about 88 km from Bellary in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basarakodu is in Hagaribommanahalli tehsil of Bellary district. Hagaribommanahalli is about 15 km away. Hagari Bommanahalli is about 15 km away. Hadagalli is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bannigola (4.2 km), Enigi (4.3 km) and Thambrahalli (5.4 km).

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

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