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About Balenja Village

Balenja is a mid sized village in Beltangadi tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,456, made up of 683 males and 773 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,132 females per 1000 males. The village covers 595.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balenja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balenja village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil Beltangadi
Pincode 574217
Area (hectares) 595.4 hectares
Population 1,456
Male Population 683
Female Population 773
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,132
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balenja compares

By the 2011 count Balenja is the 68th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,187 residents. Its 595.4 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Balenja

Balenja is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balenja as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Andinje, Arambodi, Badagakaranduru and Badakodi. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Balenja

As per the Census of India 2011, Balenja village had a population of 1,456. That makes it the 68th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,187 residents.

Balenja village has 683 males and 773 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balenja has about 1132 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Balenja is 574217. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balenja covers 595.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balenja falls under Beltangadi tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The census record for Balenja notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Balenja is in Beltangadi tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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