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About Basawalli Village

Basawalli is a mid sized village in Haliyal tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 694, made up of 340 males and 354 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 333.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581329, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basawalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basawalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Haliyal
Pincode 581329
Area (hectares) 333.43 hectares
Population 694
Male Population 340
Female Population 354
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,041
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basawalli compares

By the 2011 count Basawalli is the 44th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 834 residents. Its 333.43 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Basawalli

Basawalli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basawalli as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Basawalli from other places

Basawalli lies about 70 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Shingatgere, about 24 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 Basawalli
Tehsil headquarters Haliyal 14 km
Nearest railway station Shingatgere 24 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 70 km

Villages closest to Basawalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basawalli village had a population of 694. That makes it the 44th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 834 residents.

Basawalli village has 340 males and 354 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basawalli has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Basawalli is 581329. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basawalli covers 333.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basawalli falls under Haliyal tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Basawalli is Shingatgere, about 24 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 <5 km distance for Basawalli.

Basawalli is about 70 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basawalli is in Haliyal tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Haliyal is about 14 km away. Shingatgere is about 24 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 70 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nandigadda (under 2 km), Janaga (1.5 km) and Kawalwad (3.0 km).

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

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