About Basavapura Village

Basavapura is a mid sized village in Tarikere tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 742, made up of 368 males and 374 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 570.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577557, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basavapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basavapura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Tarikere
Pincode	577557
Area (hectares)	570.21 hectares
Population	742
Male Population	368
Female Population	374
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 5 - 10 km distance

How Basavapura compares

By the 2011 count Basavapura is the 85th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 880 residents. Its 570.21 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Basavapura

Basavapura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basavapura 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basavapura from other places

Basavapura lies about 59 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Shivani, about 14 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 Basavapura
Nearest railway station	Shivani	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tarikere	18 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	59 km

Villages closest to Basavapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basavapura village had a population of 742. That makes it the 85th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 880 residents.

Basavapura village has 368 males and 374 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basavapura has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Basavapura is 577557. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basavapura covers 570.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basavapura falls under Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Basavapura is Shivani, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Basavapura.

Basavapura is about 59 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basavapura is in Tarikere tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Shivani is about 14 km away. Tarikere is about 18 km away. Chikmagalur is about 59 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.