About Balobal Village

Balobal is a large village in Gokak tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,080, made up of 2,078 males and 2,002 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 908.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591307, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balobal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balobal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Belgaum
Tehsil	Gokak
Pincode	591307
Area (hectares)	908.07 hectares
Population	4,080
Male Population	2,078
Female Population	2,002
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	963
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balobal compares

By the 2011 count Balobal is the 38th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,673 residents. Its 908.07 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Balobal

Balobal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balobal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Balobal from other places

Balobal lies about 56 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Ghataprabha, about 12 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 Balobal
Tehsil headquarters	Gokak	7.5 km
Nearest railway station	Ghataprabha	12 km
District headquarters	Belgaum	56 km

Villages closest to Balobal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balobal village had a population of 4,080. That makes it the 38th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,673 residents.

Balobal village has 2,078 males and 2,002 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balobal has about 963 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 988.

The pincode recorded for Balobal is 591307. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balobal covers 908.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balobal falls under Gokak tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balobal is Ghataprabha, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance for Balobal.

Balobal is about 56 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balobal is in Gokak tehsil of Belgaum district. Gokak is about 7.5 km away. Ghataprabha is about 12 km away. Belgaum is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.