Banakal

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}

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| name = Banakal

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| settlement_type = village

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| subdivision_type = Country

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| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Karnataka

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Chikkamagaluru

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| demographics1_title1 = Official

| demographics1_info1 = Kannada

| timezone1 = IST

| utc_offset1 = +5:30

| postal_code_type = PIN

| postal_code = 577 113

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| area_code = 08263

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Banakal is a town in Mudigere Taluk, Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka, India, in the Charmadi hills in the Western Ghats[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3707888.stm BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Map: Biodiversity hotspots] and on the banks of the Hemavati River.{{Cite web |url=http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/documents/rivers.htm |title=Rivers of Western Ghats - Rivers of Western Ghats |access-date=15 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719194103/http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/documents/rivers.htm |archive-date=19 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} The geographical location of Banakal is 13°0'59" North and 75°53'9" East.