About Ballur Village

Ballur is a mid sized village in Belur tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 665, made up of 326 males and 339 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 328.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ballur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ballur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Tehsil	Belur
Pincode	573115
Area (hectares)	328.43 hectares
Population	665
Male Population	326
Female Population	339
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,040
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Ballur compares

By the 2011 count Ballur is the 59th largest of the 331 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 460 residents. Its 328.43 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1025.

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 5 - 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 34 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Chikkamagaluru, about 17 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	Belur	4.7 km
Nearest town	Belūr	4.7 km
Nearest railway station	Chikkamagaluru	17 km
District headquarters	Hassan	34 km

Villages closest to Ballur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Belur 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 665. That makes it the 59th largest of the 331 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 460 residents.

Ballur village has 326 males and 339 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ballur has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Ballur is 573115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ballur covers 328.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ballur falls under Belur tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Ballur is Chikkamagaluru, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 34 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ballur is in Belur tehsil of Hassan district. Belur is about 4.7 km away. Belūr is about 4.7 km away. Chikkamagaluru is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.