About Balaganchi Village

Balaganchi is a mid sized village in Channarayapatna tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,167, made up of 559 males and 608 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,088 females per 1000 males. The village covers 550.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balaganchi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balaganchi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Tehsil	Channarayapatna
Pincode	573116
Area (hectares)	550.31 hectares
Population	1,167
Male Population	559
Female Population	608
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,088
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balaganchi compares

By the 2011 count Balaganchi is the 36th largest of the 345 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 629 residents. Its 550.31 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1047.

Getting to Balaganchi

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

Balaganchi lies about 57 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Hirisave, about 6.4 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 Balaganchi
Nearest railway station	Hirisave	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Channarayapatna	26 km
Nearest town	Channarāyapatna	26 km
District headquarters	Hassan	57 km

Villages closest to Balaganchi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balaganchi village had a population of 1,167. That makes it the 36th largest of the 345 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 629 residents.

Balaganchi village has 559 males and 608 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balaganchi has about 1088 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1047.

The pincode recorded for Balaganchi is 573116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balaganchi covers 550.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balaganchi falls under Channarayapatna tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balaganchi is Hirisave, about 6.4 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 Balaganchi.

Balaganchi is about 57 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balaganchi is in Channarayapatna tehsil of Hassan district. Hirisave is about 6.4 km away. Channarayapatna is about 26 km away. Channarāyapatna is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.