About Balagodu Village

Balagodu is a mid sized village in Sulya tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,313, made up of 657 males and 656 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 998 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3645.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balagodu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balagodu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Sulya
Pincode	574218
Area (hectares)	3645.72 hectares
Population	1,313
Male Population	657
Female Population	656
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	998
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balagodu compares

By the 2011 count Balagodu is the 35th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,132 residents. Its 3645.72 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 1009.

Getting to Balagodu

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

How far is Balagodu from other places

Balagodu lies about 49 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Bajakere, about 18 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 Balagodu
Nearest railway station	Bajakere	18 km
Nearest town	Madikeri	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sulya	27 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	49 km

Villages closest to Balagodu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balagodu village had a population of 1,313. That makes it the 35th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,132 residents.

Balagodu village has 657 males and 656 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balagodu has about 998 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 1009.

The pincode recorded for Balagodu is 574218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balagodu covers 3645.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balagodu falls under Sulya tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balagodu is Bajakere, about 18 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Balagodu.

Balagodu is about 49 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balagodu is in Sulya tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Bajakere is about 18 km away. Madikeri is about 24 km away. Sulya is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.