About Bedavatti Village

Bedavatti is a mid sized village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 896, made up of 444 males and 452 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 468.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577428, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bedavatti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bedavatti village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577428
Area (hectares)	468.83 hectares
Population	896
Male Population	444
Female Population	452
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bedavatti compares

By the 2011 count Bedavatti is the 62nd largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 468.83 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 986.

Getting to Bedavatti

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

Bedavatti lies about 64 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Balegundi, about 25 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 Bedavatti
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	11 km
Nearest town	Shikaripura	21 km
Nearest railway station	Balegundi	25 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	64 km

Villages closest to Bedavatti

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 Bedavatti

As per the Census of India 2011, Bedavatti village had a population of 896. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Bedavatti village has 444 males and 452 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bedavatti has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Bedavatti is 577428. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bedavatti covers 468.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bedavatti falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Bedavatti is Balegundi, about 25 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 Bedavatti.

Bedavatti is about 64 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bedavatti is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 11 km away. Shikaripura is about 21 km away. Balegundi is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.