About Balluru Village

Balluru is a small village in Alur tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 246, made up of 127 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balluru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balluru village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Tehsil	Alur
Pincode	573218
Area (hectares)	138.12 hectares
Population	246
Male Population	127
Female Population	119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	937
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balluru compares

By the 2011 count Balluru is the 111th largest of the 239 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 318 residents. Its 138.12 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Balluru

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

Balluru 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 Balluru
Nearest town	Belūr	4.9 km
Nearest railway station	Chikkamagaluru	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Alur	27 km
District headquarters	Hassan	34 km

Villages closest to Balluru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balluru village had a population of 246. That makes it the 111th largest of the 239 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 318 residents.

Balluru village has 127 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balluru has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Balluru is 573218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balluru covers 138.12 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.

Balluru falls under Alur tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balluru is Chikkamagaluru, about 17 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 Balluru.

Balluru 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.

Balluru is in Alur tehsil of Hassan district. Belūr is about 4.9 km away. Chikkamagaluru is about 17 km away. Alur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.