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About Basavanapura Village

Basavanapura is a mid sized village in Nanjangud tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 623, made up of 314 males and 309 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basavanapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basavanapura village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Mysore
Tehsil Nanjangud
Pincode 571302
Area (hectares) 138.39 hectares
Population 623
Male Population 314
Female Population 309
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 984
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Basavanapura compares

By the 2011 count Basavanapura is the 140th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,978 residents. Its 138.39 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Basavanapura

Basavanapura 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 Basavanapura 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 Basavanapura from other places

Basavanapura lies about 18 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Sujatapuram, 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 Basavanapura
Nearest railway station Sujatapuram under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Nanjangud 2.7 km
Nearest town Nanjangūd 2.7 km
District headquarters Mysore 18 km

Villages closest to Basavanapura

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 Basavanapura

As per the Census of India 2011, Basavanapura village had a population of 623. That makes it the 140th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,978 residents.

Basavanapura village has 314 males and 309 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basavanapura has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Basavanapura is 571302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basavanapura covers 138.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basavanapura falls under Nanjangud tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Basavanapura is Sujatapuram, 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 Basavanapura.

Basavanapura is about 18 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basavanapura is in Nanjangud tehsil of Mysore district. Sujatapuram is about under 2 km away. Nanjangud is about 2.7 km away. Nanjangūd is about 2.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kathavadipura (under 2 km), Chikkaiahnachatra (2.0 km) and Hejjige (2.3 km).

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

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