About Gulbal Village

Gulbal is a mid sized village in Bilgi tehsil, in the district of Bagalkot, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,172, made up of 590 males and 582 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 644.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 587117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gulbal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gulbal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bagalkot
Tehsil	Bilgi
Pincode	587117
Area (hectares)	644.58 hectares
Population	1,172
Male Population	590
Female Population	582
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	986
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gulbal compares

By the 2011 count Gulbal is the 39th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,262 residents. Its 644.58 hectares work out to about 1.8 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Gulbal

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

Gulbal lies about 34 km from Bagalkot, and the nearest railway station is Kajjidoni, about 28 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 Gulbal
Tehsil headquarters	Bilgi	16 km
Nearest town	Jamkhandi	22 km
Nearest railway station	Kajjidoni	28 km
District headquarters	Bagalkot	34 km

Villages closest to Gulbal

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 Gulbal

As per the Census of India 2011, Gulbal village had a population of 1,172. That makes it the 39th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,262 residents.

Gulbal village has 590 males and 582 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gulbal has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 979.

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

Gulbal covers 644.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gulbal falls under Bilgi tehsil of Bagalkot district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gulbal is Kajjidoni, about 28 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 Gulbal.

Gulbal is about 34 km from Bagalkot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gulbal is in Bilgi tehsil of Bagalkot district. Bilgi is about 16 km away. Jamkhandi is about 22 km away. Kajjidoni is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.