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About Bommanakunte Village

Bommanakunte is a mid sized village in Challakere tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,265, made up of 642 males and 623 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 970 females per 1000 males. The village covers 939.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577538, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bommanakunte Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bommanakunte village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chitradurga
Tehsil Challakere
Pincode 577538
Area (hectares) 939.61 hectares
Population 1,265
Male Population 642
Female Population 623
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 970
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bommanakunte compares

By the 2011 count Bommanakunte is the 105th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents. Its 939.61 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Bommanakunte

Bommanakunte is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bommanakunte as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Bommanakunte from other places

Bommanakunte lies about 51 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Challakere, about 23 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 Bommanakunte
Nearest railway station Challakere 23 km
District headquarters Chitradurga 51 km

Villages closest to Bommanakunte

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.

Common questions about Bommanakunte

As per the Census of India 2011, Bommanakunte village had a population of 1,265. That makes it the 105th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents.

Bommanakunte village has 642 males and 623 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bommanakunte has about 970 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Bommanakunte is 577538. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bommanakunte covers 939.61 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.

Bommanakunte falls under Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Bommanakunte is Challakere, about 23 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bommanakunte.

Bommanakunte is about 51 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bommanakunte is in Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district. Challakere is about 23 km away. Chitradurga is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Junjaragunte (1.9 km), Korlakunte (3.2 km) and Parasuramapura (4.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Bommanakunte today is likely to be higher.

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