About Belandur Village

Belandur is a mid sized village in Sringeri tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,105, made up of 563 males and 542 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 529.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577431, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belandur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belandur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Sringeri
Pincode	577431
Area (hectares)	529.88 hectares
Population	1,105
Male Population	563
Female Population	542
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	963
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Belandur compares

By the 2011 count Belandur is the 5th largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 680 residents. Its 529.88 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Belandur

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

Belandur lies about 58 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Barkur, about 54 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 Belandur
Tehsil headquarters	Sringeri	3.7 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	21 km
Nearest railway station	Barkur	54 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	58 km

Villages closest to Belandur

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 Belandur

As per the Census of India 2011, Belandur village had a population of 1,105. That makes it the 5th largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 680 residents.

Belandur village has 563 males and 542 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belandur has about 963 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Belandur is 577431. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belandur covers 529.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Belandur falls under Sringeri tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Belandur is Barkur, about 54 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 Belandur.

Belandur is about 58 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belandur is in Sringeri tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Sringeri is about 3.7 km away. Someshwar is about 21 km away. Barkur is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.