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About Badanavalu Village

Badanavalu is a large village in Nanjangud tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,784, made up of 1,392 males and 1,392 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 921.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badanavalu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badanavalu village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Mysore
Tehsil Nanjangud
Pincode 571312
Area (hectares) 921.28 hectares
Population 2,784
Male Population 1,392
Female Population 1,392
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Badanavalu compares

By the 2011 count Badanavalu is the 32nd largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,978 residents. Its 921.28 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Badanavalu

Badanavalu is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Badanavalu as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badanavalu from other places

Badanavalu lies about 28 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Narasambudhi, about under 2 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 Badanavalu
Nearest railway station Narasambudhi under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Nanjangud 9.0 km
Nearest town Nanjangūd 9.0 km
District headquarters Mysore 28 km

Villages closest to Badanavalu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badanavalu village had a population of 2,784. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,978 residents.

Badanavalu village has 1,392 males and 1,392 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badanavalu has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Badanavalu is 571312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badanavalu covers 921.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badanavalu falls under Nanjangud tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Badanavalu is Narasambudhi, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Badanavalu.

Badanavalu is about 28 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badanavalu is in Nanjangud tehsil of Mysore district. Narasambudhi is about under 2 km away. Nanjangud is about 9.0 km away. Nanjangūd is about 9.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basavattige (under 2 km), Veeredevanapura (1.9 km) and Hemmaragala (3.8 km).

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

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