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About Badakegudlu Village

Badakegudlu is a large village in Chiknayakanhalli tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,063, made up of 1,038 males and 1,025 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 688.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572228, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badakegudlu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badakegudlu village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Tumkur
Tehsil Chiknayakanhalli
Pincode 572228
Area (hectares) 688.63 hectares
Population 2,063
Male Population 1,038
Female Population 1,025
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 987
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badakegudlu compares

By the 2011 count Badakegudlu is the 16th largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 688.63 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Badakegudlu

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

Badakegudlu lies about 55 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Banasandra, about 36 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 Badakegudlu
Tehsil headquarters Chiknayakanhalli 19 km
Nearest town Chiknāyakanhalli 19 km
Nearest railway station Banasandra 36 km
District headquarters Tumkur 55 km

Villages closest to Badakegudlu

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

Common questions about Badakegudlu

As per the Census of India 2011, Badakegudlu village had a population of 2,063. That makes it the 16th largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Badakegudlu village has 1,038 males and 1,025 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badakegudlu has about 987 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Badakegudlu is 572228. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badakegudlu covers 688.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badakegudlu falls under Chiknayakanhalli tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Badakegudlu is Banasandra, about 36 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 Badakegudlu.

Badakegudlu is about 55 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badakegudlu is in Chiknayakanhalli tehsil of Tumkur district. Chiknayakanhalli is about 19 km away. Chiknāyakanhalli is about 19 km away. Banasandra is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lakkenahalli (2.6 km), Lakmenahalli (2.6 km) and Belavadi (3.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Badakegudlu today is likely to be higher.

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