About Tenkabellur Village

Tenkabellur is a mid sized village in Bantval tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,230, made up of 597 males and 633 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,060 females per 1000 males. The village covers 290.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574219, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tenkabellur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tenkabellur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Bantval
Pincode	574219
Area (hectares)	290.76 hectares
Population	1,230
Male Population	597
Female Population	633
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,060
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Tenkabellur compares

By the 2011 count Tenkabellur is the 68th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,882 residents. Its 290.76 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Tenkabellur

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

How far is Tenkabellur from other places

Tenkabellur lies about 29 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Farangipete, about 6.5 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 Tenkabellur
Tehsil headquarters	Bantval	6.2 km
Nearest town	Bantvāl	6.2 km
Nearest railway station	Farangipete	6.5 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	29 km

Villages closest to Tenkabellur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tenkabellur village had a population of 1,230. That makes it the 68th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,882 residents.

Tenkabellur village has 597 males and 633 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tenkabellur has about 1060 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Tenkabellur is 574219. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tenkabellur covers 290.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tenkabellur falls under Bantval tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Tenkabellur is Farangipete, about 6.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Tenkabellur.

Tenkabellur is about 29 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tenkabellur is in Bantval tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Bantval is about 6.2 km away. Bantvāl is about 6.2 km away. Farangipete is about 6.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.