About Ballur Village

Ballur is a mid sized village in Krishnarajanagara tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,711, made up of 842 males and 869 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 823.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571604, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ballur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ballur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Mysore
Tehsil	Krishnarajanagara
Pincode	571604
Area (hectares)	823.81 hectares
Population	1,711
Male Population	842
Female Population	869
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,032
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ballur compares

By the 2011 count Ballur is the 38th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,429 residents. Its 823.81 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Ballur

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

Ballur lies about 19 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Kallur Yedahalli, about under 2 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 Ballur
Nearest railway station	Kallur Yedahalli	under 2 km
Nearest town	Hinakallu	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Krishnarajanagara	19 km
District headquarters	Mysore	19 km

Villages closest to Ballur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ballur village had a population of 1,711. That makes it the 38th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,429 residents.

Ballur village has 842 males and 869 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ballur has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Ballur is 571604. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ballur covers 823.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ballur falls under Krishnarajanagara tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Ballur is Kallur Yedahalli, about under 2 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 Ballur.

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

Ballur is in Krishnarajanagara tehsil of Mysore district. Kallur Yedahalli is about under 2 km away. Hinakallu is about 14 km away. Krishnarajanagara is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.