About Bekkanur Village

Bekkanur is a mid sized village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 639, made up of 334 males and 305 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 711.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577415, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bekkanur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bekkanur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577415
Area (hectares)	711.86 hectares
Population	639
Male Population	334
Female Population	305
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	913
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bekkanur compares

By the 2011 count Bekkanur is the 71st largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 711.86 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Bekkanur

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

Bekkanur lies about 46 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 Bekkanur
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	13 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	29 km
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	45 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	46 km

Villages closest to Bekkanur

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 Bekkanur

As per the Census of India 2011, Bekkanur village had a population of 639. That makes it the 71st largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Bekkanur village has 334 males and 305 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bekkanur has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Bekkanur is 577415. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bekkanur covers 711.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bekkanur falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Bekkanur 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Bekkanur.

Bekkanur is about 46 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bekkanur is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 13 km away. Someshwar is about 29 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.