About Balnadu Village

Balnadu is a large village in Puttur tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,026, made up of 2,009 males and 2,017 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1415.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574243, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balnadu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balnadu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Puttur
Pincode	574243
Area (hectares)	1415.74 hectares
Population	4,026
Male Population	2,009
Female Population	2,017
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,004
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balnadu compares

By the 2011 count Balnadu is the 23rd largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,439 residents. Its 1415.74 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Balnadu

Balnadu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balnadu 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balnadu from other places

Balnadu lies about 12 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Kabaka Puttur, about 4.1 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 Balnadu
Tehsil headquarters	Puttur	3.3 km
Nearest town	Puttūr	3.3 km
Nearest railway station	Kabaka Puttur	4.1 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	12 km

Villages closest to Balnadu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balnadu village had a population of 4,026. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,439 residents.

Balnadu village has 2,009 males and 2,017 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balnadu has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Balnadu is 574243. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balnadu covers 1415.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balnadu falls under Puttur tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balnadu is Kabaka Puttur, about 4.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Balnadu.

Balnadu is about 12 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balnadu is in Puttur tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Puttur is about 3.3 km away. Puttūr is about 3.3 km away. Kabaka Puttur is about 4.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.