About Balpa Village

Balpa is a large village in Sulya tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,973, made up of 1,483 males and 1,490 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1552.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574232, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balpa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balpa village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Sulya
Pincode	574232
Area (hectares)	1552.22 hectares
Population	2,973
Male Population	1,483
Female Population	1,490
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,005
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balpa compares

By the 2011 count Balpa is the 18th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 3,132 residents. Its 1552.22 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Balpa

Balpa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balpa as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Balpa from other places

Balpa lies about 34 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Kodimbala, about 7.8 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 Balpa
Nearest railway station	Kodimbala	7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sulya	15 km
Nearest town	Puttūr	34 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	34 km

Villages closest to Balpa

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 Balpa

As per the Census of India 2011, Balpa village had a population of 2,973. That makes it the 18th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,132 residents.

Balpa village has 1,483 males and 1,490 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balpa has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Balpa is 574232. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balpa covers 1552.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Balpa is Kodimbala, about 7.8 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 10+ km distance for Balpa.

Balpa is about 34 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balpa is in Sulya tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Kodimbala is about 7.8 km away. Sulya is about 15 km away. Puttūr is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.