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About Balenahalli Village

Balenahalli is a mid sized village in Challakere tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,084, made up of 551 males and 533 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 736.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balenahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balenahalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chitradurga
Tehsil Challakere
Pincode 577522
Area (hectares) 736.17 hectares
Population 1,084
Male Population 551
Female Population 533
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 967
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Balenahalli compares

By the 2011 count Balenahalli is the 114th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents. Its 736.17 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Balenahalli

Balenahalli is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Balenahalli as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balenahalli from other places

Balenahalli lies about 17 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Balenahalli, about under 2 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 Balenahalli
Nearest railway station Balenahalli under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Challakere 13 km
District headquarters Chitradurga 17 km

Villages closest to Balenahalli

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

Common questions about Balenahalli

As per the Census of India 2011, Balenahalli village had a population of 1,084. That makes it the 114th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents.

Balenahalli village has 551 males and 533 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balenahalli has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Balenahalli is 577522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balenahalli covers 736.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balenahalli falls under Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balenahalli is Balenahalli, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Balenahalli.

Balenahalli is about 17 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balenahalli is in Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district. Balenahalli is about under 2 km away. Challakere is about 13 km away. Chitradurga is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ramajogihalli (4.3 km), Kurudihalli (4.7 km) and Nandanahalli (5.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Balenahalli today is likely to be higher.

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