About Basalapura Village

Basalapura is a mid sized village in Piriyapatna tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,210, made up of 613 males and 597 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 974 females per 1000 males. The village covers 273.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basalapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basalapura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Mysore
Tehsil	Piriyapatna
Pincode	571107
Area (hectares)	273.73 hectares
Population	1,210
Male Population	613
Female Population	597
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	974
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basalapura compares

By the 2011 count Basalapura is the 68th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,166 residents. Its 273.73 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 983.

Getting to Basalapura

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

How far is Basalapura from other places

Basalapura lies about 54 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 29 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 Basalapura
Tehsil headquarters	Piriyapatna	4.8 km
Nearest town	Hunsūr	17 km
Nearest railway station	Krishnaraja Nagar	29 km
District headquarters	Mysore	54 km

Villages closest to Basalapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basalapura village had a population of 1,210. That makes it the 68th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,166 residents.

Basalapura village has 613 males and 597 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basalapura has about 974 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 983.

The pincode recorded for Basalapura is 571107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basalapura covers 273.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basalapura falls under Piriyapatna tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Basalapura is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 29 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 5 - 10 km distance for Basalapura.

Basalapura is about 54 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basalapura is in Piriyapatna tehsil of Mysore district. Piriyapatna is about 4.8 km away. Hunsūr is about 17 km away. Krishnaraja Nagar is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.