About Davana Village

Davana is a mid sized village in Narasimharajapura tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 512, made up of 267 males and 245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 860.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Davana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Davana village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Narasimharajapura
Pincode	577127
Area (hectares)	860.3 hectares
Population	512
Male Population	267
Female Population	245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Davana compares

By the 2011 count Davana is the 39th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,029 residents. Its 860.3 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 1042.

Getting to Davana

Davana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Davana as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Davana from other places

Davana lies about 40 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Chikkamagaluru, about 42 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 Davana
Tehsil headquarters	Narasimharajapura	14 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	40 km
Nearest town	Chikmagalūr	40 km
Nearest railway station	Chikkamagaluru	42 km

Villages closest to Davana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Davana village had a population of 512. That makes it the 39th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,029 residents.

Davana village has 267 males and 245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Davana has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1042.

The pincode recorded for Davana is 577127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Davana covers 860.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Davana falls under Narasimharajapura tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Davana is Chikkamagaluru, about 42 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 10+ km distance for Davana.

Davana is about 40 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Davana is in Narasimharajapura tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Narasimharajapura is about 14 km away. Chikmagalur is about 40 km away. Chikmagalūr is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.