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About Basavanapura Village

Basavanapura is a small village in Arsikere tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 176, made up of 88 males and 88 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 100.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573164, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basavanapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basavanapura village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Hassan
Tehsil Arsikere
Pincode 573164
Area (hectares) 100.75 hectares
Population 176
Male Population 88
Female Population 88
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Basavanapura compares

By the 2011 count Basavanapura is the 276th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 764 residents. Its 100.75 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Basavanapura

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

Basavanapura lies about 51 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Banavar, about 10 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 Basavanapura
Nearest railway station Banavar 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Arsikere 16 km
District headquarters Hassan 51 km

Villages closest to Basavanapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basavanapura village had a population of 176. That makes it the 276th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 764 residents.

Basavanapura village has 88 males and 88 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basavanapura has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Basavanapura is 573164. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basavanapura covers 100.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basavanapura falls under Arsikere tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Basavanapura is Banavar, about 10 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 Basavanapura.

Basavanapura is about 51 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basavanapura is in Arsikere tehsil of Hassan district. Banavar is about 10 km away. Arsikere is about 16 km away. Hassan is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ahamedpura (under 2 km), Basavarajapura (under 2 km) and Byrapura (under 2 km).

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

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