About Ballekere Village

Ballekere is a mid sized village in Kadur tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,157, made up of 585 males and 572 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 704.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ballekere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ballekere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Kadur
Pincode	577554
Area (hectares)	704.73 hectares
Population	1,157
Male Population	585
Female Population	572
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	978
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Ballekere compares

By the 2011 count Ballekere is the 69th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 890 residents. Its 704.73 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Ballekere

Ballekere is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ballekere 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ballekere from other places

Ballekere lies about 34 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Ballekere, about under 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 Ballekere
Nearest railway station	Ballekere	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kadur	6.9 km
Nearest town	Kadūr	6.9 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	34 km

Villages closest to Ballekere

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ballekere village had a population of 1,157. That makes it the 69th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 890 residents.

Ballekere village has 585 males and 572 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ballekere has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Ballekere is 577554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ballekere covers 704.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ballekere falls under Kadur tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Ballekere is Ballekere, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Ballekere.

Ballekere is about 34 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ballekere is in Kadur tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Ballekere is about under 2 km away. Kadur is about 6.9 km away. Kadūr is about 6.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.