About Bankavalli Village

Bankavalli is a small village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 378, made up of 199 males and 179 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 288.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577419, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bankavalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bankavalli village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577419
Area (hectares)	288.54 hectares
Population	378
Male Population	199
Female Population	179
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bankavalli compares

By the 2011 count Bankavalli is the 168th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 288.54 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Bankavalli

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

Bankavalli lies about 96 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Haveri, about 42 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 Bankavalli
Nearest town	Hāngal	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	29 km
Nearest railway station	Haveri	42 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	96 km

Villages closest to Bankavalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bankavalli village had a population of 378. That makes it the 168th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Bankavalli village has 199 males and 179 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bankavalli has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Bankavalli is 577419. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bankavalli covers 288.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bankavalli falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Bankavalli is Haveri, about 42 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 Bankavalli.

Bankavalli is about 96 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bankavalli is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Hāngal is about 16 km away. Sorab is about 29 km away. Haveri is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.