About Biligeri Village

Biligeri is a mid sized village in Somvarpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 883, made up of 411 males and 472 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,148 females per 1000 males. The village covers 767.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Biligeri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Biligeri village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Somvarpet
Pincode	571201
Area (hectares)	767.45 hectares
Population	883
Male Population	411
Female Population	472
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,148
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Biligeri compares

By the 2011 count Biligeri is the 57th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents. Its 767.45 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1053.

Getting to Biligeri

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

Biligeri lies about 19 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Yedekumeri, about 34 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 Biligeri
Tehsil headquarters	Somvarpet	6.2 km
Nearest town	Madikeri	16 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	19 km
Nearest railway station	Yedekumeri	34 km

Villages closest to Biligeri

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.

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Common questions about Biligeri

As per the Census of India 2011, Biligeri village had a population of 883. That makes it the 57th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents.

Biligeri village has 411 males and 472 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Biligeri has about 1148 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1053.

The pincode recorded for Biligeri is 571201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Biligeri covers 767.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Biligeri falls under Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Biligeri is Yedekumeri, about 34 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 10+ km distance for Biligeri.

Biligeri is about 19 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Biligeri is in Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Somvarpet is about 6.2 km away. Madikeri is about 16 km away. Kodagu is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.