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About Varankhed Village

Varankhed is a small village in Gangawati tehsil, in the district of Koppal, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 329, made up of 162 males and 167 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 582.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583283, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Varankhed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Varankhed village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Koppal
Tehsil Gangawati
Pincode 583283
Area (hectares) 582.68 hectares
Population 329
Male Population 162
Female Population 167
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,031
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Varankhed compares

By the 2011 count Varankhed is the 131st largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,378 residents. Its 582.68 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Varankhed

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

Varankhed lies about 41 km from Koppal, and the nearest railway station is Jabbalagudda, about 24 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 Varankhed
Nearest railway station Jabbalagudda 24 km
Nearest town Kushtagi 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Gangawati 27 km
District headquarters Koppal 41 km

Villages closest to Varankhed

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.

Common questions about Varankhed

As per the Census of India 2011, Varankhed village had a population of 329. That makes it the 131st largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,378 residents.

Varankhed village has 162 males and 167 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Varankhed has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 992.

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

Varankhed covers 582.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Varankhed falls under Gangawati tehsil of Koppal district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Varankhed is Jabbalagudda, about 24 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Varankhed.

Varankhed is about 41 km from Koppal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Varankhed is in Gangawati tehsil of Koppal district. Jabbalagudda is about 24 km away. Kushtagi is about 25 km away. Gangawati is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hosgudda (3.9 km), Hanmanhal (4.0 km) and Basrihal (4.9 km).

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

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