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About Butnal Village

Butnal is a mid sized village in Jevargi tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 642, made up of 341 males and 301 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 269.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585310, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Butnal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Butnal village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Gulbarga
Tehsil Jevargi
Pincode 585310
Area (hectares) 269.81 hectares
Population 642
Male Population 341
Female Population 301
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 883
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Butnal compares

By the 2011 count Butnal is the 123rd largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,885 residents. Its 269.81 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Butnal

Butnal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Butnal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Butnal from other places

Butnal lies about 36 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Shahabad, about 19 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 Butnal
Tehsil headquarters Jevargi 2.9 km
Nearest railway station Shahabad 19 km
District headquarters Gulbarga 36 km

Villages closest to Butnal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Butnal village had a population of 642. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,885 residents.

Butnal village has 341 males and 301 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Butnal has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Butnal is 585310. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Butnal covers 269.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Butnal falls under Jevargi tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Butnal is Shahabad, about 19 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 <5 km distance for Butnal.

Butnal is about 36 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Butnal is in Jevargi tehsil of Gulbarga district. Jevargi is about 2.9 km away. Shahabad is about 19 km away. Gulbarga is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Channur (2.6 km), Jevargi (2.9 km) and Kattisangavi (3.7 km).

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

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