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About Balepura Village

Balepura is a small village in Kanakapura tehsil, in the district of Ramanagara, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 245, made up of 151 males and 94 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 623 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 562119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balepura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balepura village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Ramanagara
Tehsil Kanakapura
Pincode 562119
Area (hectares) 142.5 hectares
Population 245
Male Population 151
Female Population 94
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 623
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balepura compares

By the 2011 count Balepura is the 247th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,067 residents. Its 142.5 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Balepura

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

Balepura lies about 43 km from Ramanagara, and the nearest railway station is Channapatna, about 43 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 Balepura
Tehsil headquarters Kanakapura 21 km
District headquarters Ramanagara 43 km
Nearest railway station Channapatna 43 km

Villages closest to Balepura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balepura village had a population of 245. That makes it the 247th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,067 residents.

Balepura village has 151 males and 94 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balepura has about 623 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Balepura is 562119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balepura covers 142.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balepura falls under Kanakapura tehsil of Ramanagara district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balepura is Channapatna, about 43 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 Balepura.

Balepura is about 43 km from Ramanagara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balepura is in Kanakapura tehsil of Ramanagara district. Kanakapura is about 21 km away. Ramanagara is about 43 km away. Channapatna is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Doddakoppa (1.6 km), Kotekoppa (1.7 km) and Madarahalli (3.5 km).

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

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