About Balila Village

Balila is a mid sized village in Sulya tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,992, made up of 974 males and 1,018 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 619.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balila Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balila village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Sulya
Pincode	574212
Area (hectares)	619.35 hectares
Population	1,992
Male Population	974
Female Population	1,018
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,045
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balila compares

By the 2011 count Balila is the 29th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,132 residents. Its 619.35 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Balila

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

Balila lies about 26 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Yedamangala, about 7.2 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 Balila
Nearest railway station	Yedamangala	7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sulya	11 km
Nearest town	Puttūr	25 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	26 km

Villages closest to Balila

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 Balila

As per the Census of India 2011, Balila village had a population of 1,992. That makes it the 29th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,132 residents.

Balila village has 974 males and 1,018 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balila has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Balila is 574212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balila covers 619.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Balila is Yedamangala, about 7.2 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 Balila.

Balila is about 26 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balila is in Sulya tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Yedamangala is about 7.2 km away. Sulya is about 11 km away. Puttūr is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.