About Ballur Village

Ballur is a mid sized village in Navalgund tehsil, in the district of Dharwad, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,651, made up of 893 males and 758 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 849 females per 1000 males. The village covers 910.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 582208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ballur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ballur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dharwad
Tehsil	Navalgund
Pincode	582208
Area (hectares)	910.08 hectares
Population	1,651
Male Population	893
Female Population	758
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	849
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ballur compares

By the 2011 count Ballur is the 36th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,409 residents. Its 910.08 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Ballur

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

Ballur lies about 30 km from Dharwad, and the nearest railway station is Hebsur, 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 Ballur
Tehsil headquarters	Navalgund	13 km
Nearest railway station	Hebsur	21 km
District headquarters	Dharwad	30 km

Villages closest to Ballur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ballur village had a population of 1,651. That makes it the 36th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,409 residents.

Ballur village has 893 males and 758 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ballur has about 849 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Ballur is 582208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ballur covers 910.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ballur falls under Navalgund tehsil of Dharwad district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Ballur is Hebsur, 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Ballur.

Ballur is about 30 km from Dharwad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ballur is in Navalgund tehsil of Dharwad district. Navalgund is about 13 km away. Hebsur is about 21 km away. Dharwad is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.