About Bankapur Village

Bankapur is a mid sized village in Gangawati tehsil, in the district of Koppal, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,216, made up of 608 males and 608 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 922.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583283, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bankapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bankapur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Koppal
Tehsil	Gangawati
Pincode	583283
Area (hectares)	922.02 hectares
Population	1,216
Male Population	608
Female Population	608
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bankapur compares

By the 2011 count Bankapur is the 81st largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,378 residents. Its 922.02 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Bankapur

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

Bankapur lies about 12 km from Koppal, and the nearest railway station is Ginigera, about 1.9 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 Bankapur
Nearest railway station	Ginigera	1.9 km
District headquarters	Koppal	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gangawati	30 km

Villages closest to Bankapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bankapur village had a population of 1,216. That makes it the 81st largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,378 residents.

Bankapur village has 608 males and 608 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bankapur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Bankapur is 583283. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bankapur covers 922.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bankapur falls under Gangawati tehsil of Koppal district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Bankapur is Ginigera, about 1.9 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 - 10 km distance for Bankapur.

Bankapur is about 12 km from Koppal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bankapur is in Gangawati tehsil of Koppal district. Ginigera is about 1.9 km away. Koppal is about 12 km away. Gangawati is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.