About Balagere Village

Balagere is a mid sized village in Kolar tehsil, in the district of Kolar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 608, made up of 307 males and 301 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 267.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 563126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balagere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balagere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kolar
Tehsil	Kolar
Pincode	563126
Area (hectares)	267.26 hectares
Population	608
Male Population	307
Female Population	301
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	980
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balagere compares

By the 2011 count Balagere is the 157th largest of the 313 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 751 residents. Its 267.26 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Balagere

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

Balagere lies about 18 km from Kolar, and the nearest railway station is Gottihalli, about 9.1 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 Balagere
Nearest railway station	Gottihalli	9.1 km
Nearest town	Chintamani	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kolar	18 km

Villages closest to Balagere

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balagere village had a population of 608. That makes it the 157th largest of the 313 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 751 residents.

Balagere village has 307 males and 301 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balagere has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Balagere is 563126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balagere covers 267.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balagere falls under Kolar tehsil of Kolar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balagere is Gottihalli, about 9.1 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 Balagere.

Balagere is about 18 km from Kolar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balagere is in Kolar tehsil of Kolar district. Gottihalli is about 9.1 km away. Chintamani is about 12 km away. Kolar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.