About Balekadi Village

Balekadi is a small village in Sringeri tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 187, made up of 93 males and 94 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2291.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balekadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balekadi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Sringeri
Pincode	577139
Area (hectares)	2291.76 hectares
Population	187
Male Population	93
Female Population	94
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,011
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balekadi compares

By the 2011 count Balekadi is the 43rd largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 680 residents. Its 2291.76 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Balekadi

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

Balekadi lies about 65 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Udupi, 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 Balekadi
Tehsil headquarters	Sringeri	11 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	19 km
Nearest railway station	Udupi	43 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	65 km

Villages closest to Balekadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balekadi village had a population of 187. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 680 residents.

Balekadi village has 93 males and 94 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balekadi has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Balekadi is 577139. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balekadi covers 2291.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balekadi falls under Sringeri tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balekadi is Udupi, 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 village for Balekadi.

Balekadi is about 65 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balekadi is in Sringeri tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Sringeri is about 11 km away. Someshwar is about 19 km away. Udupi is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.