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About Bannur Village

Bannur is a mid sized village in Sedam tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,056, made up of 516 males and 540 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,047 females per 1000 males. The village covers 495.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585318, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bannur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bannur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Gulbarga
Tehsil Sedam
Pincode 585318
Area (hectares) 495.66 hectares
Population 1,056
Male Population 516
Female Population 540
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,047
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bannur compares

By the 2011 count Bannur is the 57th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,584 residents. Its 495.66 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Bannur

Bannur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bannur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Bannur from other places

Bannur lies about 68 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Kurgunta, 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 Bannur
Nearest railway station Kurgunta 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Sedam 18 km
District headquarters Gulbarga 68 km

Villages closest to Bannur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bannur village had a population of 1,056. That makes it the 57th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,584 residents.

Bannur village has 516 males and 540 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bannur has about 1047 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Bannur is 585318. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bannur covers 495.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bannur falls under Sedam tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Bannur is Kurgunta, 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 10+ km distance for Bannur.

Bannur is about 68 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bannur is in Sedam tehsil of Gulbarga district. Kurgunta is about 14 km away. Sedam is about 18 km away. Gulbarga is about 68 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kadlapur (under 2 km), Lingampalli (1.6 km) and Gundepalli (2.5 km).

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

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