About Balagere Village

Balagere is a mid sized village in Gauribidanur tehsil, in the district of Chikkaballapura, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 531, made up of 265 males and 266 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 220.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 563113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balagere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balagere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikkaballapura
Tehsil	Gauribidanur
Pincode	563113
Area (hectares)	220.95 hectares
Population	531
Male Population	265
Female Population	266
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,004
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balagere compares

By the 2011 count Balagere is the 140th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents. Its 220.95 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Balagere

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

Balagere lies about 39 km from Chikkaballapura, and the nearest railway station is Viduraswattha, about 8.2 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 Balagere
Nearest railway station	Viduraswattha	8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gauribidanur	9.2 km
District headquarters	Chikkaballapura	39 km

Villages closest to Balagere

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balagere village had a population of 531. That makes it the 140th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents.

Balagere village has 265 males and 266 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balagere has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Balagere is 563113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balagere covers 220.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balagere falls under Gauribidanur tehsil of Chikkaballapura district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balagere is Viduraswattha, about 8.2 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 Balagere.

Balagere is about 39 km from Chikkaballapura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balagere is in Gauribidanur tehsil of Chikkaballapura district. Viduraswattha is about 8.2 km away. Gauribidanur is about 9.2 km away. Chikkaballapura is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.