About Balagund Village

Balagund is a small village in Khanapur tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 397, made up of 208 males and 189 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1966.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balagund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balagund village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Belgaum
Tehsil	Khanapur
Pincode	591106
Area (hectares)	1966.35 hectares
Population	397
Male Population	208
Female Population	189
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balagund compares

By the 2011 count Balagund is the 155th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,044 residents. Its 1966.35 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Balagund

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

Balagund lies about 50 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Tavargatti, about 2.1 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 Balagund
Nearest railway station	Tavargatti	2.1 km
Nearest town	Haliyal	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khanapur	28 km
District headquarters	Belgaum	50 km

Villages closest to Balagund

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balagund village had a population of 397. That makes it the 155th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,044 residents.

Balagund village has 208 males and 189 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balagund has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Balagund is 591106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balagund covers 1966.35 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.

Balagund falls under Khanapur tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balagund is Tavargatti, about 2.1 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 Balagund.

Balagund is about 50 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balagund is in Khanapur tehsil of Belgaum district. Tavargatti is about 2.1 km away. Haliyal is about 15 km away. Khanapur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.