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About Basavapatna Village

Basavapatna is a mid sized village in Sidlaghatta tehsil, in the district of Chikkaballapura, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,187, made up of 593 males and 594 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 562102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basavapatna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basavapatna village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chikkaballapura
Tehsil Sidlaghatta
Pincode 562102
Area (hectares) 223.32 hectares
Population 1,187
Male Population 593
Female Population 594
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,002
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basavapatna compares

By the 2011 count Basavapatna is the 32nd largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 667 residents. Its 223.32 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Basavapatna

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

How far is Basavapatna from other places

Basavapatna lies about 20 km from Chikkaballapura, and the nearest railway station is Sidlagatta, about 7.7 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 Basavapatna
Tehsil headquarters Sidlaghatta 7.3 km
Nearest railway station Sidlagatta 7.7 km
District headquarters Chikkaballapura 20 km

Villages closest to Basavapatna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basavapatna village had a population of 1,187. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 667 residents.

Basavapatna village has 593 males and 594 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basavapatna has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Basavapatna is 562102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basavapatna covers 223.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basavapatna falls under Sidlaghatta tehsil of Chikkaballapura district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Basavapatna is Sidlagatta, about 7.7 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Basavapatna.

Basavapatna is about 20 km from Chikkaballapura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basavapatna is in Sidlaghatta tehsil of Chikkaballapura district. Sidlaghatta is about 7.3 km away. Sidlagatta is about 7.7 km away. Chikkaballapura is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basavapatna K G (under 2 km), Thaduru (under 2 km) and Malamachanahalli (2.0 km).

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

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