About Palayyanakota Village

Palayyanakota is a mid sized village in Kudligi tehsil, in the district of Bellary, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,090, made up of 571 males and 519 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1990.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palayyanakota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palayyanakota village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bellary
Tehsil	Kudligi
Pincode	583126
Area (hectares)	1990.44 hectares
Population	1,090
Male Population	571
Female Population	519
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palayyanakota compares

By the 2011 count Palayyanakota is the 78th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,876 residents. Its 1990.44 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Palayyanakota

Palayyanakota is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palayyanakota 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 Palayyanakota from other places

Palayyanakota lies about 75 km from Bellary, and the nearest railway station is Kotturu, about 16 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 Palayyanakota
Nearest town	Kottūru	16 km
Nearest railway station	Kotturu	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kudligi	17 km
District headquarters	Bellary	75 km

Villages closest to Palayyanakota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palayyanakota village had a population of 1,090. That makes it the 78th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,876 residents.

Palayyanakota village has 571 males and 519 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palayyanakota has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Palayyanakota is 583126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palayyanakota covers 1990.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palayyanakota falls under Kudligi tehsil of Bellary district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Palayyanakota is Kotturu, about 16 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 Palayyanakota.

Palayyanakota is about 75 km from Bellary in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palayyanakota is in Kudligi tehsil of Bellary district. Kottūru is about 16 km away. Kotturu is about 16 km away. Kudligi is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.