About Banakal Village

Banakal is a large village in Mudigere tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,231, made up of 1,592 males and 1,639 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1352.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banakal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banakal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Mudigere
Pincode	577113
Area (hectares)	1352.93 hectares
Population	3,231
Male Population	1,592
Female Population	1,639
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,030
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banakal compares

By the 2011 count Banakal is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 836 residents. Its 1352.93 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 1042.

Getting to Banakal

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

Banakal lies about 32 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Chikkamagaluru, about 32 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 Banakal
Tehsil headquarters	Mudigere	9.8 km
Nearest railway station	Chikkamagaluru	32 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	32 km
Nearest town	Chikmagalūr	32 km

Villages closest to Banakal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banakal village had a population of 3,231. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 836 residents.

Banakal village has 1,592 males and 1,639 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banakal has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1042.

The pincode recorded for Banakal is 577113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banakal covers 1352.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banakal falls under Mudigere tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Banakal is Chikkamagaluru, about 32 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 Banakal.

Banakal is about 32 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banakal is in Mudigere tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Mudigere is about 9.8 km away. Chikkamagaluru is about 32 km away. Chikmagalur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.