About Ballu Village

Ballu is a mid sized village in Sakleshpur tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,304, made up of 649 males and 655 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 346.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ballu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ballu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Tehsil	Sakleshpur
Pincode	573214
Area (hectares)	346.91 hectares
Population	1,304
Male Population	649
Female Population	655
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,009
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Ballu compares

By the 2011 count Ballu is the 13th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 477 residents. Its 346.91 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1047.

Getting to Ballu

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

Ballu lies about 25 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Balupete, about 1.6 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 Ballu
Nearest railway station	Balupete	1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sakleshpur	10 km
District headquarters	Hassan	25 km

Villages closest to Ballu

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.

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Common questions about Ballu

As per the Census of India 2011, Ballu village had a population of 1,304. That makes it the 13th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 477 residents.

Ballu village has 649 males and 655 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ballu has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1047.

The pincode recorded for Ballu is 573214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ballu covers 346.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ballu falls under Sakleshpur tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Ballu is Balupete, about 1.6 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 Ballu.

Ballu is about 25 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ballu is in Sakleshpur tehsil of Hassan district. Balupete is about 1.6 km away. Sakleshpur is about 10 km away. Hassan is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.