About Balagunda Village

Balagunda is a large village in Somvarpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,676, made up of 1,746 males and 1,930 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,105 females per 1000 males. The village covers 627.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571236, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balagunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balagunda village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Somvarpet
Pincode	571236
Area (hectares)	627.04 hectares
Population	3,676
Male Population	1,746
Female Population	1,930
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,105
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balagunda compares

By the 2011 count Balagunda is the 11th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents. Its 627.04 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1053.

Getting to Balagunda

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

Balagunda lies about 25 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Kadagaravalli, about 33 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 Balagunda
Tehsil headquarters	Somvarpet	under 2 km
Nearest town	Madikeri	22 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	25 km
Nearest railway station	Kadagaravalli	33 km

Villages closest to Balagunda

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Balagunda

As per the Census of India 2011, Balagunda village had a population of 3,676. That makes it the 11th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents.

Balagunda village has 1,746 males and 1,930 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balagunda has about 1105 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1053.

The pincode recorded for Balagunda is 571236. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balagunda covers 627.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balagunda falls under Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balagunda is Kadagaravalli, about 33 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 Balagunda.

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

Balagunda is in Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Somvarpet is about under 2 km away. Madikeri is about 22 km away. Kodagu is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.