About Balamuri Village

Balamuri is a mid sized village in Madikeri tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 919, made up of 443 males and 476 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,074 females per 1000 males. The village covers 659.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571252, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balamuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balamuri village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Madikeri
Pincode	571252
Area (hectares)	659.37 hectares
Population	919
Male Population	443
Female Population	476
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,074
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balamuri compares

By the 2011 count Balamuri is the 52nd largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,690 residents. Its 659.37 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Balamuri

Balamuri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balamuri 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balamuri from other places

Balamuri lies about 12 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Bajakere, about 53 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 Balamuri
District headquarters	Kodagu	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Madikeri	14 km
Nearest railway station	Bajakere	53 km

Villages closest to Balamuri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balamuri village had a population of 919. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,690 residents.

Balamuri village has 443 males and 476 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balamuri has about 1074 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Balamuri is 571252. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balamuri covers 659.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balamuri falls under Madikeri tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balamuri is Bajakere, about 53 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 village for Balamuri.

Balamuri is about 12 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balamuri is in Madikeri tehsil of Kodagu district. Kodagu is about 12 km away. Madikeri is about 14 km away. Bajakere is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.