About Bannikere Village

Bannikere is a small village in Chiknayakanhalli tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 462, made up of 222 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,081 females per 1000 males. The village covers 504.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bannikere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bannikere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Chiknayakanhalli
Pincode	572119
Area (hectares)	504.26 hectares
Population	462
Male Population	222
Female Population	240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,081
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bannikere compares

By the 2011 count Bannikere is the 125th largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 504.26 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 997.

Getting to Bannikere

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

Bannikere lies about 81 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Adihalli, about 34 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 Bannikere
Nearest town	Hosadurga	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chiknayakanhalli	31 km
Nearest railway station	Adihalli	34 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	81 km

Villages closest to Bannikere

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.

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Common questions about Bannikere

As per the Census of India 2011, Bannikere village had a population of 462. That makes it the 125th largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Bannikere village has 222 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bannikere has about 1081 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Bannikere is 572119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bannikere covers 504.26 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.

Bannikere falls under Chiknayakanhalli tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Bannikere is Adihalli, about 34 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 Bannikere.

Bannikere is about 81 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bannikere is in Chiknayakanhalli tehsil of Tumkur district. Hosadurga is about 26 km away. Chiknayakanhalli is about 31 km away. Adihalli is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.