About Balige Village

Balige is a mid sized village in Mudigere tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 566, made up of 294 males and 272 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 783.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balige Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balige village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Mudigere
Pincode	577121
Area (hectares)	783.84 hectares
Population	566
Male Population	294
Female Population	272
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balige compares

By the 2011 count Balige is the 60th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 836 residents. Its 783.84 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1042.

Getting to Balige

Balige is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balige as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Balige from other places

Balige lies about 42 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Chikkamagaluru, about 43 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 Balige
Tehsil headquarters	Mudigere	24 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	42 km
Nearest town	Chikmagalūr	42 km
Nearest railway station	Chikkamagaluru	43 km

Villages closest to Balige

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balige village had a population of 566. That makes it the 60th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 836 residents.

Balige village has 294 males and 272 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balige has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1042.

The pincode recorded for Balige is 577121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balige covers 783.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balige falls under Mudigere tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balige is Chikkamagaluru, about 43 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 5 - 10 km distance for Balige.

Balige is about 42 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balige is in Mudigere tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Mudigere is about 24 km away. Chikmagalur is about 42 km away. Chikmagalūr is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.