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About Banavadi Village

Banavadi is a mid sized village in Magadi tehsil, in the district of Ramanagara, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,306, made up of 651 males and 655 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 479.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 562127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banavadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banavadi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Ramanagara
Tehsil Magadi
Pincode 562127
Area (hectares) 479.1 hectares
Population 1,306
Male Population 651
Female Population 655
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banavadi compares

By the 2011 count Banavadi is the 23rd largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 634 residents. Its 479.1 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Banavadi

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

How far is Banavadi from other places

Banavadi lies about 44 km from Ramanagara, and the nearest railway station is Solur, about 5.4 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 Banavadi
Nearest railway station Solur 5.4 km
Nearest town Nelamangala 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Magadi 18 km
District headquarters Ramanagara 44 km

Villages closest to Banavadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banavadi village had a population of 1,306. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 634 residents.

Banavadi village has 651 males and 655 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banavadi has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Banavadi is 562127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banavadi covers 479.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banavadi falls under Magadi tehsil of Ramanagara district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Banavadi is Solur, about 5.4 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 village for Banavadi.

Banavadi is about 44 km from Ramanagara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banavadi is in Magadi tehsil of Ramanagara district. Solur is about 5.4 km away. Nelamangala is about 15 km away. Magadi is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Muppenahalli (1.8 km), Kalluhattipalya (2.1 km) and Palanahalli (2.4 km).

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

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