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About Badakanahalli Village

Badakanahalli is a mid sized village in Channarayapatna tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 507, made up of 232 males and 275 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,185 females per 1000 males. The village covers 248.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badakanahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badakanahalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Hassan
Tehsil Channarayapatna
Pincode 573131
Area (hectares) 248.08 hectares
Population 507
Male Population 232
Female Population 275
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,185
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Badakanahalli compares

By the 2011 count Badakanahalli is the 173rd largest of the 345 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 629 residents. Its 248.08 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1047.

Getting to Badakanahalli

Badakanahalli is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Badakanahalli as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Badakanahalli from other places

Badakanahalli lies about 40 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Shravanabelagola, about 7.7 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 Badakanahalli
Nearest railway station Shravanabelagola 7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Channarayapatna 8.8 km
Nearest town Channarāyapatna 8.8 km
District headquarters Hassan 40 km

Villages closest to Badakanahalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badakanahalli village had a population of 507. That makes it the 173rd largest of the 345 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 629 residents.

Badakanahalli village has 232 males and 275 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badakanahalli has about 1185 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1047.

The pincode recorded for Badakanahalli is 573131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badakanahalli covers 248.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badakanahalli falls under Channarayapatna tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Badakanahalli is Shravanabelagola, about 7.7 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Badakanahalli.

Badakanahalli is about 40 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badakanahalli is in Channarayapatna tehsil of Hassan district. Shravanabelagola is about 7.7 km away. Channarayapatna is about 8.8 km away. Channarāyapatna is about 8.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Harosomanahalli (under 2 km), Somalapura (2.0 km) and Valageresomanahalli (2.0 km).

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

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