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About Belalagere Village

Belalagere is a large village in Channagiri tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,408, made up of 1,747 males and 1,661 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 951 females per 1000 males. The village covers 909.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577231, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belalagere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belalagere village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Davanagere
Tehsil Channagiri
Pincode 577231
Area (hectares) 909.81 hectares
Population 3,408
Male Population 1,747
Female Population 1,661
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 951
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Belalagere compares

By the 2011 count Belalagere is the 18th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents. Its 909.81 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Belalagere

Belalagere is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Belalagere as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Belalagere from other places

Belalagere lies about 26 km from Davanagere, and the nearest railway station is Hanumanahalli, about 21 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 Belalagere
Nearest railway station Hanumanahalli 21 km
District headquarters Davanagere 26 km
Nearest town Davangere 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Channagiri 27 km

Villages closest to Belalagere

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belalagere village had a population of 3,408. That makes it the 18th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents.

Belalagere village has 1,747 males and 1,661 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belalagere has about 951 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Belalagere is 577231. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belalagere covers 909.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Belalagere falls under Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Belalagere is Hanumanahalli, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Belalagere.

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

Belalagere is in Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district. Hanumanahalli is about 21 km away. Davanagere is about 26 km away. Davangere is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kasettihalli (1.7 km), Sangahalli (2.1 km) and Chikkakurubarahalli (2.2 km).

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

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