About Bantra Village

Bantra is a mid sized village in Puttur tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,673, made up of 806 males and 867 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,076 females per 1000 males. The village covers 496.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574230, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bantra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bantra village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Puttur
Pincode	574230
Area (hectares)	496.93 hectares
Population	1,673
Male Population	806
Female Population	867
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,076
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bantra compares

By the 2011 count Bantra is the 59th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,439 residents. Its 496.93 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Bantra

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

Bantra lies about 29 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Bajakere, about 3.9 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 Bantra
Nearest railway station	Bajakere	3.9 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	29 km
Tehsil headquarters	Puttur	32 km
Nearest town	Puttūr	32 km

Villages closest to Bantra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bantra village had a population of 1,673. That makes it the 59th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,439 residents.

Bantra village has 806 males and 867 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bantra has about 1076 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Bantra is 574230. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bantra covers 496.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bantra falls under Puttur tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Bantra is Bajakere, about 3.9 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 Bantra.

Bantra 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.

Bantra is in Puttur tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Bajakere is about 3.9 km away. Dakshina Kannada is about 29 km away. Puttur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.