About Balur Village

Balur is a mid sized village in Mudigere tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,737, made up of 868 males and 869 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,001 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1897.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Mudigere
Pincode	577122
Area (hectares)	1897.93 hectares
Population	1,737
Male Population	868
Female Population	869
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,001
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 16th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 836 residents. Its 1897.93 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1042.

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 34 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Chikkamagaluru, about 34 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
Tehsil headquarters	Mudigere	13 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	34 km
Nearest town	Chikmagalūr	34 km
Nearest railway station	Chikkamagaluru	34 km

Villages closest to Balur

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 Balur

As per the Census of India 2011, Balur village had a population of 1,737. That makes it the 16th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 836 residents.

Balur village has 868 males and 869 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balur has about 1001 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1042.

The pincode recorded for Balur is 577122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balur covers 1897.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balur falls under Mudigere tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balur is Chikkamagaluru, about 34 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 34 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balur is in Mudigere tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Mudigere is about 13 km away. Chikmagalur is about 34 km away. Chikmagalūr is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.