About Bhandigadi Village

Bhandigadi is a mid sized village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 642, made up of 320 males and 322 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 481 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577432, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhandigadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhandigadi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577432
Area (hectares)	481 hectares
Population	642
Male Population	320
Female Population	322
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhandigadi compares

By the 2011 count Bhandigadi is the 70th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 481 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Bhandigadi

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

Bhandigadi lies about 51 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 48 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 Bhandigadi
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	14 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	25 km
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	48 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	51 km

Villages closest to Bhandigadi

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 Bhandigadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhandigadi village had a population of 642. That makes it the 70th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Bhandigadi village has 320 males and 322 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhandigadi has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1033.

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

Bhandigadi covers 481 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bhandigadi falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Bhandigadi is Arasalu, about 48 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 Bhandigadi.

Bhandigadi is about 51 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhandigadi is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 14 km away. Someshwar is about 25 km away. Arasalu is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.