About Balleshwara Village

Balleshwara is a small village in Honnali tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 462, made up of 235 males and 227 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 227.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balleshwara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balleshwara village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Davanagere
Tehsil	Honnali
Pincode	577217
Area (hectares)	227.27 hectares
Population	462
Male Population	235
Female Population	227
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	966
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balleshwara compares

By the 2011 count Balleshwara is the 124th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents. Its 227.27 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 982.

Getting to Balleshwara

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

Balleshwara lies about 37 km from Davanagere, and the nearest railway station is Harihar, about 32 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 Balleshwara
Tehsil headquarters	Honnali	4.4 km
Nearest town	Shikaripura	31 km
Nearest railway station	Harihar	32 km
District headquarters	Davanagere	37 km

Villages closest to Balleshwara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balleshwara village had a population of 462. That makes it the 124th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents.

Balleshwara village has 235 males and 227 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balleshwara has about 966 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 982.

The pincode recorded for Balleshwara is 577217. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balleshwara covers 227.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balleshwara falls under Honnali tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balleshwara is Harihar, about 32 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 5 - 10 km distance for Balleshwara.

Balleshwara is about 37 km from Davanagere in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balleshwara is in Honnali tehsil of Davanagere district. Honnali is about 4.4 km away. Shikaripura is about 31 km away. Harihar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.