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About Badakanahalli Village

Badakanahalli is a mid sized village in Sira tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,581, made up of 795 males and 786 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 312.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badakanahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badakanahalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Tumkur
Tehsil Sira
Pincode 572139
Area (hectares) 312.71 hectares
Population 1,581
Male Population 795
Female Population 786
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 989
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badakanahalli compares

By the 2011 count Badakanahalli is the 50th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,149 residents. Its 312.71 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Badakanahalli

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

Badakanahalli lies about 59 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Gubbi, about 55 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 Badakanahalli
Tehsil headquarters Sira 10 km
Nearest town Sīra 10 km
Nearest railway station Gubbi 55 km
District headquarters Tumkur 59 km

Villages closest to Badakanahalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badakanahalli village had a population of 1,581. That makes it the 50th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,149 residents.

Badakanahalli village has 795 males and 786 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badakanahalli has about 989 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Badakanahalli is 572139. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badakanahalli covers 312.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badakanahalli falls under Sira tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Badakanahalli is Gubbi, about 55 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 Badakanahalli.

Badakanahalli is about 59 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badakanahalli is in Sira tehsil of Tumkur district. Sira is about 10 km away. Sīra is about 10 km away. Gubbi is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maddakkanahalli (under 2 km), Kaggaladu (1.9 km) and Holakallu (1.9 km).

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

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