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About Basappanapalya Village

Basappanapalya is a small village in Tumkur tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 49, made up of 27 males and 22 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 815 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basappanapalya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basappanapalya village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Tumkur
Tehsil Tumkur
Pincode 572123
Area (hectares) 43.54 hectares
Population 49
Male Population 27
Female Population 22
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 815
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basappanapalya compares

By the 2011 count Basappanapalya is the 310th largest of the 332 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 830 residents. Its 43.54 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 980.

Getting to Basappanapalya

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

Basappanapalya lies about 14 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Mallasandra, about 7.3 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 Basappanapalya
Nearest railway station Mallasandra 7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Tumkur 14 km
Nearest town Tumkūr 14 km

Villages closest to Basappanapalya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basappanapalya village had a population of 49. That makes it the 310th largest of the 332 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 830 residents.

Basappanapalya village has 27 males and 22 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basappanapalya has about 815 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 980.

The pincode recorded for Basappanapalya is 572123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basappanapalya covers 43.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basappanapalya falls under Tumkur tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Basappanapalya is Mallasandra, about 7.3 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 Basappanapalya.

Basappanapalya is about 14 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basappanapalya is in Tumkur tehsil of Tumkur district. Mallasandra is about 7.3 km away. Tumkur is about 14 km away. Tumkūr is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Siddappanapalya (under 2 km), Gulaganjihalli (under 2 km) and Areyur (under 2 km).

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

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