About Baganakatte Village

Baganakatte is a mid sized village in Shikarpur tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,426, made up of 706 males and 720 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 483.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577427, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baganakatte Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baganakatte village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Shikarpur
Pincode	577427
Area (hectares)	483.88 hectares
Population	1,426
Male Population	706
Female Population	720
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Baganakatte compares

By the 2011 count Baganakatte is the 52nd largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents. Its 483.88 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Baganakatte

Baganakatte is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Baganakatte as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Baganakatte from other places

Baganakatte lies about 44 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kumsi, about 28 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 Baganakatte
Tehsil headquarters	Shikarpur	7.7 km
Nearest town	Shikaripura	7.7 km
Nearest railway station	Kumsi	28 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	44 km

Villages closest to Baganakatte

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baganakatte village had a population of 1,426. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents.

Baganakatte village has 706 males and 720 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baganakatte has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Baganakatte is 577427. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baganakatte covers 483.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baganakatte falls under Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Baganakatte is Kumsi, about 28 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Baganakatte.

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

Baganakatte is in Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district. Shikarpur is about 7.7 km away. Shikaripura is about 7.7 km away. Kumsi is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.