About Balehosur Village

Balehosur is one of the larger villages in Shirhatti tehsil, in the district of Gadag, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,970, made up of 3,167 males and 2,803 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3422.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 582116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balehosur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balehosur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gadag
Tehsil	Shirhatti
Pincode	582116
Area (hectares)	3422.55 hectares
Population	5,970
Male Population	3,167
Female Population	2,803
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balehosur compares

By the 2011 count Balehosur is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,763 residents. Its 3422.55 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 966.

Getting to Balehosur

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

Balehosur lies about 49 km from Gadag, and the nearest railway station is Savanur, 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 Balehosur
Nearest railway station	Savanur	21 km
Nearest town	Lakshmeshwar	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shirhatti	27 km
District headquarters	Gadag	49 km

Villages closest to Balehosur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balehosur village had a population of 5,970. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,763 residents.

Balehosur village has 3,167 males and 2,803 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balehosur has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Balehosur is 582116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balehosur covers 3422.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balehosur falls under Shirhatti tehsil of Gadag district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balehosur is Savanur, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Balehosur.

Balehosur is about 49 km from Gadag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balehosur is in Shirhatti tehsil of Gadag district. Savanur is about 21 km away. Lakshmeshwar is about 21 km away. Shirhatti is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.