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About Papinayakanahalli Village

Papinayakanahalli is one of the larger villages in Hospet tehsil, in the district of Bellary, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,957, made up of 3,472 males and 3,485 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1871.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Papinayakanahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Papinayakanahalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bellary
Tehsil Hospet
Pincode 583212
Area (hectares) 1871.27 hectares
Population 6,957
Male Population 3,472
Female Population 3,485
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,004
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Papinayakanahalli compares

By the 2011 count Papinayakanahalli is the 4th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,845 residents. Its 1871.27 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Papinayakanahalli

Papinayakanahalli 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 Papinayakanahalli as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Papinayakanahalli from other places

Papinayakanahalli lies about 48 km from Bellary, and the nearest railway station is Papinayaknahalli, about under 2 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 Papinayakanahalli
Nearest railway station Papinayaknahalli under 2 km
Nearest town Kamalāpuram 7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Hospet 11 km
District headquarters Bellary 48 km

Villages closest to Papinayakanahalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Papinayakanahalli village had a population of 6,957. That makes it the 4th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,845 residents.

Papinayakanahalli village has 3,472 males and 3,485 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Papinayakanahalli has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Papinayakanahalli is 583212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Papinayakanahalli covers 1871.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Papinayakanahalli falls under Hospet tehsil of Bellary district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Papinayakanahalli is Papinayaknahalli, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Papinayakanahalli is about 48 km from Bellary in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Papinayakanahalli is in Hospet tehsil of Bellary district. Papinayaknahalli is about under 2 km away. Kamalāpuram is about 7.2 km away. Hospet is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Vadrahalli (2.2 km), Gundlavaddigeri (3.7 km) and Byluvadigeri (4.0 km).

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

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