About Balele Village

Balele is a large village in Virajpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,071, made up of 1,518 males and 1,553 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1635.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571219, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balele Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balele village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Virajpet
Pincode	571219
Area (hectares)	1635.26 hectares
Population	3,071
Male Population	1,518
Female Population	1,553
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,023
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balele compares

By the 2011 count Balele is the 17th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents. Its 1635.26 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Balele

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

Balele lies about 45 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 50 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 Balele
Tehsil headquarters	Virajpet	28 km
Nearest town	Hunsūr	32 km
District headquarters	Kodagu	45 km
Nearest railway station	Krishnaraja Nagar	50 km

Villages closest to Balele

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balele village had a population of 3,071. That makes it the 17th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents.

Balele village has 1,518 males and 1,553 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balele has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Balele is 571219. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balele covers 1635.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balele falls under Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balele is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 50 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 Balele.

Balele is about 45 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balele is in Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Virajpet is about 28 km away. Hunsūr is about 32 km away. Kodagu is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.