About Billodi Village

Billodi is a small village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 438, made up of 213 males and 225 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,056 females per 1000 males. The village covers 352.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Billodi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Billodi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Hosanagara
Pincode	577418
Area (hectares)	352.01 hectares
Population	438
Male Population	213
Female Population	225
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,056
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Billodi compares

By the 2011 count Billodi is the 98th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 352.01 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Billodi

Billodi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Billodi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Billodi from other places

Billodi lies about 48 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kenchanalu, about 26 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 Billodi
Tehsil headquarters	Hosanagara	12 km
Nearest railway station	Kenchanalu	26 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	39 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	48 km

Villages closest to Billodi

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 Billodi

As per the Census of India 2011, Billodi village had a population of 438. That makes it the 98th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Billodi village has 213 males and 225 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Billodi has about 1056 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Billodi is 577418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Billodi covers 352.01 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.

Billodi falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Billodi is Kenchanalu, about 26 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Billodi.

Billodi is about 48 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Billodi is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Hosanagara is about 12 km away. Kenchanalu is about 26 km away. Someshwar is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.