About Belanduru Village

Belanduru is a small village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 428, made up of 223 males and 205 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 919 females per 1000 males. The village covers 368.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577426, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belanduru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belanduru village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Hosanagara
Pincode	577426
Area (hectares)	368.82 hectares
Population	428
Male Population	223
Female Population	205
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	919
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Belanduru compares

By the 2011 count Belanduru is the 102nd largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 368.82 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Belanduru

Belanduru is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Belanduru 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Belanduru from other places

Belanduru lies about 34 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kenchanalu, about 1.8 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 Belanduru
Nearest railway station	Kenchanalu	1.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hosanagara	26 km
Nearest town	Shikaripura	28 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	34 km

Villages closest to Belanduru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belanduru village had a population of 428. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Belanduru village has 223 males and 205 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belanduru has about 919 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Belanduru is 577426. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belanduru covers 368.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Belanduru falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Belanduru is Kenchanalu, about 1.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Belanduru.

Belanduru is about 34 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belanduru is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Kenchanalu is about 1.8 km away. Hosanagara is about 26 km away. Shikaripura is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.