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About Budihal Village

Budihal is a mid sized village in Harapanahalli tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,444, made up of 720 males and 724 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 471.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Budihal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Budihal village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Davanagere
Tehsil Harapanahalli
Pincode 583125
Area (hectares) 471.59 hectares
Population 1,444
Male Population 720
Female Population 724
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Budihal compares

By the 2011 count Budihal is the 64th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,227 residents. Its 471.59 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Budihal

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

How far is Budihal from other places

Budihal lies about 14 km from Davanagere, and the nearest railway station is Amaravathi Colony Junction, about 14 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 Budihal
Nearest railway station Amaravathi Colony Junction 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Harapanahalli 14 km
District headquarters Davanagere 14 km
Nearest town Davangere 14 km

Villages closest to Budihal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Budihal village had a population of 1,444. That makes it the 64th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,227 residents.

Budihal village has 720 males and 724 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Budihal has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Budihal is 583125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Budihal covers 471.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Budihal falls under Harapanahalli tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Budihal is Amaravathi Colony Junction, about 14 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Budihal.

Budihal is about 14 km from Davanagere in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Budihal is in Harapanahalli tehsil of Davanagere district. Amaravathi Colony Junction is about 14 km away. Harapanahalli is about 14 km away. Davanagere is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Siriganahalli (under 2 km), Madapura (4.2 km) and Nittur (5.6 km).

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

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