About Balur Village

Balur is a mid sized village in Bhalki tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,999, made up of 990 males and 1,009 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1320.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585413, 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	Bhalki
Pincode	585413
Area (hectares)	1320.19 hectares
Population	1,999
Male Population	990
Female Population	1,009
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balur compares

By the 2011 count Balur is the 38th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents. Its 1320.19 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Balur

Balur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balur 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 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
Tehsil headquarters	Bhalki	16 km
Nearest town	Bhālki	16 km
District headquarters	Bidar	23 km

Villages closest to Balur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balur village had a population of 1,999. That makes it the 38th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents.

Balur village has 990 males and 1,009 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balur has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Balur is 585413. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balur covers 1320.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balur falls under Bhalki 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 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village 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 Bhalki tehsil of Bidar district. Halbarga is about 8.8 km away. Bhalki is about 16 km away. Bhālki is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.