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About Belandoor Village

Belandoor is a mid sized village in Puttur tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,930, made up of 936 males and 994 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 512.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belandoor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belandoor village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil Puttur
Pincode 574202
Area (hectares) 512.61 hectares
Population 1,930
Male Population 936
Female Population 994
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,062
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Belandoor compares

By the 2011 count Belandoor is the 54th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,439 residents. Its 512.61 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Belandoor

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

Belandoor lies about 36 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Kumbala, about 8.7 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 Belandoor
Nearest railway station Kumbala 8.7 km
Nearest town Kāsaragod 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Puttur 27 km
District headquarters Dakshina Kannada 36 km

Villages closest to Belandoor

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.

Common questions about Belandoor

As per the Census of India 2011, Belandoor village had a population of 1,930. That makes it the 54th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,439 residents.

Belandoor village has 936 males and 994 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belandoor has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Belandoor is 574202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belandoor covers 512.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Belandoor is Kumbala, about 8.7 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 Belandoor.

Belandoor is about 36 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belandoor is in Puttur tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Kumbala is about 8.7 km away. Kāsaragod is about 10 km away. Puttur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shiribagilu (5.7 km), Mundoor (6.1 km) and Padnoor (15 km).

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

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