About Belligere Village

Belligere is a mid sized village in Bhadravati tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,107, made up of 558 males and 549 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1633.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belligere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belligere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Bhadravati
Pincode	577301
Area (hectares)	1633.18 hectares
Population	1,107
Male Population	558
Female Population	549
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Belligere compares

By the 2011 count Belligere is the 64th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,412 residents. Its 1633.18 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Belligere

Belligere is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Belligere as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Belligere from other places

Belligere lies about 28 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Masarahalli, about 12 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 Belligere
Nearest railway station	Masarahalli	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhadravati	12 km
Nearest town	Bhadrāvati	12 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	28 km

Villages closest to Belligere

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belligere village had a population of 1,107. That makes it the 64th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,412 residents.

Belligere village has 558 males and 549 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belligere has about 984 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 990.

The pincode recorded for Belligere is 577301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belligere covers 1633.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Belligere falls under Bhadravati tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Belligere is Masarahalli, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance for Belligere.

Belligere is about 28 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belligere is in Bhadravati tehsil of Shimoga district. Masarahalli is about 12 km away. Bhadravati is about 12 km away. Bhadrāvati is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.