About Bankanal Village

Bankanal is a mid sized village in Sirsi tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 573, made up of 282 males and 291 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 415.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581358, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bankanal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bankanal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Sirsi
Pincode	581358
Area (hectares)	415.03 hectares
Population	573
Male Population	282
Female Population	291
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,032
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bankanal compares

By the 2011 count Bankanal is the 72nd largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 548 residents. Its 415.03 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 988.

Getting to Bankanal

Bankanal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bankanal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Bankanal from other places

Bankanal lies about 44 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Kanale, about 49 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 Bankanal
Tehsil headquarters	Sirsi	15 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	44 km
Nearest railway station	Kanale	49 km

Villages closest to Bankanal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bankanal village had a population of 573. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 548 residents.

Bankanal village has 282 males and 291 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bankanal has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Bankanal is 581358. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bankanal covers 415.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bankanal falls under Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Bankanal is Kanale, about 49 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 10+ km distance for Bankanal.

Bankanal is about 44 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bankanal is in Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Sirsi is about 15 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 44 km away. Kanale is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.