About Banur Village

Banur is a large village in Kadur tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,143, made up of 1,063 males and 1,080 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 476.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577135, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Kadur
Pincode	577135
Area (hectares)	476.76 hectares
Population	2,143
Male Population	1,063
Female Population	1,080
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banur compares

By the 2011 count Banur is the 20th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 890 residents. Its 476.76 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Banur

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

Banur lies about 63 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Shivani, 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 Banur
Nearest railway station	Shivani	under 2 km
Nearest town	Hosadurga	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kadur	30 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	63 km

Villages closest to Banur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banur village had a population of 2,143. That makes it the 20th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 890 residents.

Banur village has 1,063 males and 1,080 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banur has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Banur is 577135. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banur covers 476.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banur falls under Kadur tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Banur is Shivani, about under 2 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 Banur.

Banur is about 63 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banur is in Kadur tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Shivani is about under 2 km away. Hosadurga is about 25 km away. Kadur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.