About Banumane Village

Banumane is a small village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 322, made up of 159 males and 163 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 626.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577421, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banumane Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banumane village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sagar
Pincode	577421
Area (hectares)	626.11 hectares
Population	322
Male Population	159
Female Population	163
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banumane compares

By the 2011 count Banumane is the 147th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 626.11 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1029.

Getting to Banumane

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

Banumane lies about 82 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Talaguppa, about 11 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 Banumane
Nearest railway station	Talaguppa	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sagar	20 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	20 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	82 km

Villages closest to Banumane

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.

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Common questions about Banumane

As per the Census of India 2011, Banumane village had a population of 322. That makes it the 147th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Banumane village has 159 males and 163 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banumane has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1029.

The pincode recorded for Banumane is 577421. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banumane covers 626.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banumane falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Banumane is Talaguppa, about 11 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 10+ km distance for Banumane.

Banumane is about 82 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banumane is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Talaguppa is about 11 km away. Sagar is about 20 km away. Sāgar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.