About Deshani Village

Deshani is a mid sized village in Arsikere tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 946, made up of 479 males and 467 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 975 females per 1000 males. The village covers 564.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Deshani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Deshani village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Tehsil	Arsikere
Pincode	573122
Area (hectares)	564.37 hectares
Population	946
Male Population	479
Female Population	467
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	975
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Deshani compares

By the 2011 count Deshani is the 73rd largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 764 residents. Its 564.37 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Deshani

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

Deshani lies about 30 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Habhanghatta, about 11 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 Deshani
Nearest railway station	Habhanghatta	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arsikere	12 km
District headquarters	Hassan	30 km

Villages closest to Deshani

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.

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Common questions about Deshani

As per the Census of India 2011, Deshani village had a population of 946. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 764 residents.

Deshani village has 479 males and 467 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Deshani has about 975 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Deshani is 573122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Deshani covers 564.37 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.

Deshani falls under Arsikere tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Deshani is Habhanghatta, about 11 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 Deshani.

Deshani is about 30 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Deshani is in Arsikere tehsil of Hassan district. Habhanghatta is about 11 km away. Arsikere is about 12 km away. Hassan is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.