About Banjigere Village

Banjigere is a mid sized village in Challakere tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,770, made up of 884 males and 886 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 905.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577543, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banjigere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banjigere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Challakere
Pincode	577543
Area (hectares)	905.83 hectares
Population	1,770
Male Population	884
Female Population	886
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,002
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Banjigere compares

By the 2011 count Banjigere is the 67th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents. Its 905.83 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Banjigere

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

Banjigere lies about 45 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Talaku, about 6.6 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 Banjigere
Nearest railway station	Talaku	6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Challakere	19 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	45 km

Villages closest to Banjigere

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banjigere village had a population of 1,770. That makes it the 67th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents.

Banjigere village has 884 males and 886 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banjigere has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Banjigere is 577543. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banjigere covers 905.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banjigere falls under Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Banjigere is Talaku, about 6.6 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 Banjigere.

Banjigere is about 45 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banjigere is in Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district. Talaku is about 6.6 km away. Challakere is about 19 km away. Chitradurga is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.