About Balligeri Village

Balligeri is one of the larger villages in Athni tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,096, made up of 2,654 males and 2,442 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4118.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balligeri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balligeri village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Belgaum
Tehsil	Athni
Pincode	591212
Area (hectares)	4118.35 hectares
Population	5,096
Male Population	2,654
Female Population	2,442
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	920
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balligeri compares

By the 2011 count Balligeri is the 32nd largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 4,473 residents. Its 4118.35 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Balligeri

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

Balligeri lies about 131 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Sulgare, about 25 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 Balligeri
Tehsil headquarters	Athni	16 km
Nearest town	Athani	16 km
Nearest railway station	Sulgare	25 km
District headquarters	Belgaum	131 km

Villages closest to Balligeri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balligeri village had a population of 5,096. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,473 residents.

Balligeri village has 2,654 males and 2,442 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balligeri has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Balligeri is 591212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balligeri covers 4118.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balligeri falls under Athni tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balligeri is Sulgare, about 25 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 village for Balligeri.

Balligeri is about 131 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balligeri is in Athni tehsil of Belgaum district. Athni is about 16 km away. Athani is about 16 km away. Sulgare is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.