About Basavani Village

Basavani is a mid sized village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 728, made up of 340 males and 388 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,141 females per 1000 males. The village covers 415.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577432, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basavani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basavani village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577432
Area (hectares)	415.37 hectares
Population	728
Male Population	340
Female Population	388
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,141
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basavani compares

By the 2011 count Basavani is the 54th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 415.37 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 Basavani

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

Basavani lies about 49 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 45 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 Basavani
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	11 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	25 km
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	45 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	49 km

Villages closest to Basavani

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 Basavani

As per the Census of India 2011, Basavani village had a population of 728. That makes it the 54th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Basavani village has 340 males and 388 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basavani has about 1141 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Basavani is 577432. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basavani covers 415.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basavani falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Basavani is Arasalu, about 45 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 Basavani.

Basavani is about 49 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basavani is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 11 km away. Someshwar is about 25 km away. Arasalu is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.