About Balagere Village

Balagere is a small village in Sringeri tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 247, made up of 135 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 830 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2793.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balagere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balagere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Sringeri
Pincode	577139
Area (hectares)	2793.6 hectares
Population	247
Male Population	135
Female Population	112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	830
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balagere compares

By the 2011 count Balagere is the 36th largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 680 residents. Its 2793.6 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Balagere

Balagere is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balagere as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Balagere from other places

Balagere lies about 40 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Bellenahalli, about 40 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 Balagere
Tehsil headquarters	Sringeri	27 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	40 km
Nearest town	Chikmagalūr	40 km
Nearest railway station	Bellenahalli	40 km

Villages closest to Balagere

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 Balagere

As per the Census of India 2011, Balagere village had a population of 247. That makes it the 36th largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 680 residents.

Balagere village has 135 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balagere has about 830 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

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

Balagere covers 2793.6 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.

Balagere falls under Sringeri tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balagere is Bellenahalli, about 40 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Balagere.

Balagere is about 40 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balagere is in Sringeri tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Sringeri is about 27 km away. Chikmagalur is about 40 km away. Chikmagalūr is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.