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About Balyamandur Village

Balyamandur is a mid sized village in Virajpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,000, made up of 487 males and 513 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,053 females per 1000 males. The village covers 725.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balyamandur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balyamandur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Kodagu
Tehsil Virajpet
Pincode 571216
Area (hectares) 725.1 hectares
Population 1,000
Male Population 487
Female Population 513
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,053
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balyamandur compares

By the 2011 count Balyamandur is the 66th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents. Its 725.1 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, a little above the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Balyamandur

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

Balyamandur lies about 44 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 59 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 Balyamandur
Tehsil headquarters Virajpet 23 km
Nearest town Hunsūr 41 km
District headquarters Kodagu 44 km
Nearest railway station Krishnaraja Nagar 59 km

Villages closest to Balyamandur

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.

Common questions about Balyamandur

As per the Census of India 2011, Balyamandur village had a population of 1,000. That makes it the 66th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents.

Balyamandur village has 487 males and 513 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balyamandur has about 1053 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Balyamandur is 571216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balyamandur covers 725.1 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.

Balyamandur falls under Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balyamandur is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 59 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 Balyamandur.

Balyamandur is about 44 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balyamandur is in Virajpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Virajpet is about 23 km away. Hunsūr is about 41 km away. Kodagu is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bekke Sodlur (1.6 km), Chikka Mandur (2.6 km) and Kothur (2.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Balyamandur today is likely to be higher.

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