About Bhandya Village

Bhandya is a mid sized village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 757, made up of 338 males and 419 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,240 females per 1000 males. The village covers 535.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577414, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhandya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhandya village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577414
Area (hectares)	535.19 hectares
Population	757
Male Population	338
Female Population	419
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,240
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhandya compares

By the 2011 count Bhandya is the 50th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 535.19 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 Bhandya

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

Bhandya 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 Bhandya
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	11 km
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	26 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	34 km
Nearest town	Shivamogga	34 km

Villages closest to Bhandya

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.

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Bhandya

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhandya village had a population of 757. That makes it the 50th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Bhandya village has 338 males and 419 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhandya has about 1240 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Bhandya is 577414. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhandya covers 535.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bhandya falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Bhandya 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bhandya.

Bhandya 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.

Bhandya 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.