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About Banadakoppa Village

Banadakoppa is a small village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 133, made up of 65 males and 68 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,046 females per 1000 males. The village covers 215.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577431, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banadakoppa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banadakoppa village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Sagar
Pincode 577431
Area (hectares) 215.52 hectares
Population 133
Male Population 65
Female Population 68
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,046
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Banadakoppa compares

By the 2011 count Banadakoppa is the 195th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 215.52 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1029.

Getting to Banadakoppa

Banadakoppa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banadakoppa as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Banadakoppa from other places

Banadakoppa lies about 67 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 16 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 Banadakoppa
Nearest railway station Kanale 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Sagar 17 km
Nearest town Sāgar 17 km
District headquarters Shimoga 67 km

Villages closest to Banadakoppa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banadakoppa village had a population of 133. That makes it the 195th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Banadakoppa village has 65 males and 68 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banadakoppa has about 1046 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1029.

The pincode recorded for Banadakoppa is 577431. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banadakoppa covers 215.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banadakoppa falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Banadakoppa is Kanale, about 16 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 km distance for Banadakoppa.

Banadakoppa is about 67 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banadakoppa is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Kanale is about 16 km away. Sagar is about 17 km away. Sāgar is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balige (4.9 km), Hebbarige (4.9 km) and Yalagalale (5.3 km).

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

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