About Ballur Village

Ballur is a small village in Bilgi tehsil, in the district of Bagalkot, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 287, made up of 147 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1392.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 587117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ballur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ballur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bagalkot
Tehsil	Bilgi
Pincode	587117
Area (hectares)	1392.1 hectares
Population	287
Male Population	147
Female Population	140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	952
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ballur compares

By the 2011 count Ballur is the 59th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,262 residents. Its 1392.1 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Ballur

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

Ballur lies about 29 km from Bagalkot, and the nearest railway station is Chikka-Shellikeri, about 29 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 Ballur
Tehsil headquarters	Bilgi	9.4 km
Nearest railway station	Chikka-Shellikeri	29 km
District headquarters	Bagalkot	29 km

Villages closest to Ballur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ballur village had a population of 287. That makes it the 59th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,262 residents.

Ballur village has 147 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ballur has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Ballur is 587117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ballur covers 1392.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ballur falls under Bilgi tehsil of Bagalkot district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Ballur is Chikka-Shellikeri, about 29 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 Ballur.

Ballur is about 29 km from Bagalkot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ballur is in Bilgi tehsil of Bagalkot district. Bilgi is about 9.4 km away. Chikka-Shellikeri is about 29 km away. Bagalkot is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.