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About Badakodi Village

Badakodi is a mid sized village in Beltangadi tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,337, made up of 658 males and 679 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 583.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badakodi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badakodi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil Beltangadi
Pincode 574227
Area (hectares) 583.04 hectares
Population 1,337
Male Population 658
Female Population 679
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,032
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badakodi compares

By the 2011 count Badakodi is the 72nd largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,187 residents. Its 583.04 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Badakodi

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

Badakodi lies about 29 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Bantawal, about 20 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 Badakodi
Nearest town Mūdbidri 10 km
Nearest railway station Bantawal 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Beltangadi 21 km
District headquarters Dakshina Kannada 29 km

Villages closest to Badakodi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badakodi village had a population of 1,337. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,187 residents.

Badakodi village has 658 males and 679 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badakodi has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Badakodi is 574227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badakodi covers 583.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badakodi falls under Beltangadi tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Badakodi is Bantawal, about 20 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 Badakodi.

Badakodi 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.

Badakodi is in Beltangadi tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Mūdbidri is about 10 km away. Bantawal is about 20 km away. Beltangadi is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hosangadi (under 2 km), Gunduri (4.1 km) and Arambodi (4.6 km).

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

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