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About Balur Village

Balur is a mid sized village in Aurad tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,109, made up of 574 males and 535 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 598.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585417, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bidar
Tehsil Aurad
Pincode 585417
Area (hectares) 598.29 hectares
Population 1,109
Male Population 574
Female Population 535
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 932
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Balur compares

By the 2011 count Balur is the 93rd largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,687 residents. Its 598.29 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 964.

Getting to Balur

Balur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Balur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balur from other places

Balur lies about 23 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Halbarga, about 8.8 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 Balur
Nearest railway station Halbarga 8.8 km
Nearest town Bhālki 16 km
District headquarters Bidar 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Aurad 23 km

Villages closest to Balur

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

Common questions about Balur

As per the Census of India 2011, Balur village had a population of 1,109. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,687 residents.

Balur village has 574 males and 535 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balur has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Balur is 585417. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balur covers 598.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balur falls under Aurad tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balur is Halbarga, about 8.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Balur.

Balur is about 23 km from Bidar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balur is in Aurad tehsil of Bidar district. Halbarga is about 8.8 km away. Bhālki is about 16 km away. Bidar is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nagoor (3.9 km), Nandi Nagoor (3.9 km) and Babli (5.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Balur today is likely to be higher.

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