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About Banagere Village

Banagere is a mid sized village in Holalkere tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 555, made up of 263 males and 292 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,110 females per 1000 males. The village covers 280.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577523, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banagere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banagere village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chitradurga
Tehsil Holalkere
Pincode 577523
Area (hectares) 280.19 hectares
Population 555
Male Population 263
Female Population 292
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,110
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Banagere compares

By the 2011 count Banagere is the 118th largest of the 159 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,148 residents. Its 280.19 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 976.

Getting to Banagere

Banagere is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banagere as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banagere from other places

Banagere lies about 30 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Chikjajur Junction, about 2.1 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 Banagere
Nearest railway station Chikjajur Junction 2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Holalkere 8.1 km
Nearest town Channagiri 26 km
District headquarters Chitradurga 30 km

Villages closest to Banagere

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banagere village had a population of 555. That makes it the 118th largest of the 159 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,148 residents.

Banagere village has 263 males and 292 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banagere has about 1110 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 976.

The pincode recorded for Banagere is 577523. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banagere covers 280.19 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.

Banagere falls under Holalkere tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Banagere is Chikjajur Junction, about 2.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Banagere.

Banagere is about 30 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banagere is in Holalkere tehsil of Chitradurga district. Chikjajur Junction is about 2.1 km away. Holalkere is about 8.1 km away. Channagiri is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Channapatna (1.5 km), Kotehal (1.7 km) and Padigatte (1.9 km).

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

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