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About Balehalla Village

Balehalla is a small village in Sakleshpur tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 150, made up of 86 males and 64 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 744 females per 1000 males. The village covers 690.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balehalla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balehalla village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Hassan
Tehsil Sakleshpur
Pincode 573123
Area (hectares) 690.92 hectares
Population 150
Male Population 86
Female Population 64
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 744
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balehalla compares

By the 2011 count Balehalla is the 174th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 477 residents. Its 690.92 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 1047.

Getting to Balehalla

Balehalla is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balehalla as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Balehalla from other places

Balehalla lies about 51 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Yedekumeri, about 1.9 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 Balehalla
Nearest railway station Yedekumeri 1.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Sakleshpur 19 km
District headquarters Hassan 51 km

Villages closest to Balehalla

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

Common questions about Balehalla

As per the Census of India 2011, Balehalla village had a population of 150. That makes it the 174th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 477 residents.

Balehalla village has 86 males and 64 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balehalla has about 744 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1047.

The pincode recorded for Balehalla is 573123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balehalla covers 690.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balehalla falls under Sakleshpur tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balehalla is Yedekumeri, about 1.9 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balehalla.

Balehalla is about 51 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balehalla is in Sakleshpur tehsil of Hassan district. Yedekumeri is about 1.9 km away. Sakleshpur is about 19 km away. Hassan is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kagenari State Forest (under 2 km), Yadekumari (2.6 km) and Hongadahalla (3.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Balehalla today is likely to be higher.

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