About Bandya Village

Bandya is a mid sized village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 516, made up of 239 males and 277 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,159 females per 1000 males. The village covers 476.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bandya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bandya village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577418
Area (hectares)	476.98 hectares
Population	516
Male Population	239
Female Population	277
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,159
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bandya compares

By the 2011 count Bandya is the 84th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 476.98 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Bandya

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

Bandya lies about 34 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 26 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 Bandya
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	11 km
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	26 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	34 km
Nearest town	Shivamogga	34 km

Villages closest to Bandya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bandya village had a population of 516. That makes it the 84th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Bandya village has 239 males and 277 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bandya has about 1159 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Bandya is 577418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bandya covers 476.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bandya falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Bandya is Arasalu, about 26 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 Bandya.

Bandya is about 34 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bandya is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 11 km away. Arasalu is about 26 km away. Shimoga is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.