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About Balekoppa Village

Balekoppa is a small village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 207, made up of 94 males and 113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,202 females per 1000 males. The village covers 365.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balekoppa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balekoppa village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Hosanagara
Pincode 577418
Area (hectares) 365.13 hectares
Population 207
Male Population 94
Female Population 113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,202
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balekoppa compares

By the 2011 count Balekoppa is the 149th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 365.13 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Balekoppa

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

Balekoppa lies about 58 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Anandapuram, about 28 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 Balekoppa
Tehsil headquarters Hosanagara 4.2 km
Nearest railway station Anandapuram 28 km
Nearest town Sāgar 31 km
District headquarters Shimoga 58 km

Villages closest to Balekoppa

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.

Common questions about Balekoppa

As per the Census of India 2011, Balekoppa village had a population of 207. That makes it the 149th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Balekoppa village has 94 males and 113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balekoppa has about 1202 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

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

Balekoppa covers 365.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balekoppa falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balekoppa is Anandapuram, about 28 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 km distance for Balekoppa.

Balekoppa is about 58 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balekoppa is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Hosanagara is about 4.2 km away. Anandapuram is about 28 km away. Sāgar is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kumbatti (2.4 km), Kargadi (2.5 km) and Brahmanatharuve (2.8 km).

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

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