About Bankavadi Village

Bankavadi is a mid sized village in Heggadadevankote tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 730, made up of 378 males and 352 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1395.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bankavadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bankavadi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Mysore
Tehsil	Heggadadevankote
Pincode	571121
Area (hectares)	1395.95 hectares
Population	730
Male Population	378
Female Population	352
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	931
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bankavadi compares

By the 2011 count Bankavadi is the 112th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 982 residents. Its 1395.95 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Bankavadi

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

Bankavadi lies about 56 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Nanjangud Town, about 44 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 Bankavadi
Tehsil headquarters	Heggadadevankote	23 km
Nearest town	Gundlupēt	37 km
Nearest railway station	Nanjangud Town	44 km
District headquarters	Mysore	56 km

Villages closest to Bankavadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bankavadi village had a population of 730. That makes it the 112th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 982 residents.

Bankavadi village has 378 males and 352 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bankavadi has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Bankavadi is 571121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bankavadi covers 1395.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bankavadi falls under Heggadadevankote tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Bankavadi is Nanjangud Town, about 44 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 10+ km distance for Bankavadi.

Bankavadi is about 56 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bankavadi is in Heggadadevankote tehsil of Mysore district. Heggadadevankote is about 23 km away. Gundlupēt is about 37 km away. Nanjangud Town is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.