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About Basavapatna Village

Basavapatna is a small village in Krishnarajanagara tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 404, made up of 209 males and 195 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 208.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571602, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basavapatna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basavapatna village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Mysore
Tehsil Krishnarajanagara
Pincode 571602
Area (hectares) 208.58 hectares
Population 404
Male Population 209
Female Population 195
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 933
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Basavapatna compares

By the 2011 count Basavapatna is the 126th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,429 residents. Its 208.58 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 1003.

Getting to Basavapatna

Basavapatna is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basavapatna 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basavapatna from other places

Basavapatna lies about 26 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Dornahalli, about 3.5 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 Basavapatna
Nearest railway station Dornahalli 3.5 km
Nearest town Krishnarājāsāgara 6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Krishnarajanagara 26 km
District headquarters Mysore 26 km

Villages closest to Basavapatna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basavapatna village had a population of 404. That makes it the 126th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,429 residents.

Basavapatna village has 209 males and 195 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basavapatna has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Basavapatna is 571602. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basavapatna covers 208.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basavapatna falls under Krishnarajanagara tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Basavapatna is Dornahalli, about 3.5 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 5 - 10 km distance for Basavapatna.

Basavapatna is about 26 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basavapatna is in Krishnarajanagara tehsil of Mysore district. Dornahalli is about 3.5 km away. Krishnarājāsāgara is about 6.1 km away. Krishnarajanagara is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hangaraboyanahalli (under 2 km), Dornahalli (under 2 km) and Lalamdevanahalli (3.1 km).

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

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