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About Badakana Palya Village

Badakana Palya is a small village in Gubbi tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 120, made up of 65 males and 55 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badakana Palya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badakana Palya village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Tumkur
Tehsil Gubbi
Pincode 572216
Area (hectares) 59.34 hectares
Population 120
Male Population 65
Female Population 55
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 846
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Badakana Palya compares

By the 2011 count Badakana Palya is the 273rd largest of the 316 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 735 residents. Its 59.34 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Badakana Palya

Badakana Palya is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Badakana Palya as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badakana Palya from other places

Badakana Palya lies about 38 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Sampige Road, about 8.2 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 Badakana Palya
Nearest railway station Sampige Road 8.2 km
Nearest town Chiknāyakanhalli 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Gubbi 21 km
District headquarters Tumkur 38 km

Villages closest to Badakana Palya

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gubbi 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 Badakana Palya

As per the Census of India 2011, Badakana Palya village had a population of 120. That makes it the 273rd largest of the 316 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 735 residents.

Badakana Palya village has 65 males and 55 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badakana Palya has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Badakana Palya is 572216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badakana Palya covers 59.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badakana Palya falls under Gubbi tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Badakana Palya is Sampige Road, about 8.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Badakana Palya.

Badakana Palya is about 38 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badakana Palya is in Gubbi tehsil of Tumkur district. Sampige Road is about 8.2 km away. Chiknāyakanhalli is about 16 km away. Gubbi is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badavana Palya (under 2 km), Kanchiganahalli (under 2 km) and Shivasandra (under 2 km).

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

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