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About Belagola Village

Belagola is a mid sized village in Koppa tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 707, made up of 347 males and 360 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 436.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belagola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belagola village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chikmagalur
Tehsil Koppa
Pincode 577126
Area (hectares) 436.04 hectares
Population 707
Male Population 347
Female Population 360
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,037
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Belagola compares

By the 2011 count Belagola is the 44th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,000 residents. Its 436.04 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Belagola

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

Belagola lies about 50 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Chikkamagaluru, about 53 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 Belagola
Tehsil headquarters Koppa 7.8 km
Nearest town Someshwar 29 km
District headquarters Chikmagalur 50 km
Nearest railway station Chikkamagaluru 53 km

Villages closest to Belagola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belagola village had a population of 707. That makes it the 44th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,000 residents.

Belagola village has 347 males and 360 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belagola has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Belagola is 577126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belagola covers 436.04 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.

Belagola falls under Koppa tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Belagola is Chikkamagaluru, about 53 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 Belagola.

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

Belagola is in Koppa tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Koppa is about 7.8 km away. Someshwar is about 29 km away. Chikmagalur is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thuluvinakoppa (2.2 km), Machikoppa (2.7 km) and Bhuyanakote (3.0 km).

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

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