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About Balaghatta Village

Balaghatta is a mid sized village in Pandavapura tehsil, in the district of Mandya, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,074, made up of 536 males and 538 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 188.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571431, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balaghatta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balaghatta village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Mandya
Tehsil Pandavapura
Pincode 571431
Area (hectares) 188.68 hectares
Population 1,074
Male Population 536
Female Population 538
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,004
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balaghatta compares

By the 2011 count Balaghatta is the 51st largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,171 residents. Its 188.68 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Balaghatta

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

Balaghatta lies about 33 km from Mandya, and the nearest railway station is Byadarahalli, about 24 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 Balaghatta
Nearest town Krishnarājpet 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Pandavapura 20 km
Nearest railway station Byadarahalli 24 km
District headquarters Mandya 33 km

Villages closest to Balaghatta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balaghatta village had a population of 1,074. That makes it the 51st largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,171 residents.

Balaghatta village has 536 males and 538 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balaghatta has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Balaghatta is 571431. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balaghatta covers 188.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balaghatta falls under Pandavapura tehsil of Mandya district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balaghatta is Byadarahalli, about 24 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 Balaghatta.

Balaghatta is about 33 km from Mandya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balaghatta is in Pandavapura tehsil of Mandya district. Krishnarājpet is about 16 km away. Pandavapura is about 20 km away. Byadarahalli is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Naranapura (under 2 km), Ramapura (1.5 km) and Pagade Kallahalli (2.1 km).

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

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