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About Belur Village

Belur is a mid sized village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 688, made up of 340 males and 348 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1716.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577425, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Hosanagara
Pincode 577425
Area (hectares) 1716.26 hectares
Population 688
Male Population 340
Female Population 348
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,024
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Belur compares

By the 2011 count Belur is the 64th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 1716.26 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Belur

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

Belur lies about 54 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kenchanalu, about 32 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 Belur
Tehsil headquarters Hosanagara 13 km
Nearest railway station Kenchanalu 32 km
Nearest town Someshwar 34 km
District headquarters Shimoga 54 km

Villages closest to Belur

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 Belur

As per the Census of India 2011, Belur village had a population of 688. That makes it the 64th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Belur village has 340 males and 348 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belur has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Belur is 577425. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belur covers 1716.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Belur falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Belur is Kenchanalu, about 32 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Belur.

Belur is about 54 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belur is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Hosanagara is about 13 km away. Kenchanalu is about 32 km away. Someshwar is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bellur (under 2 km), Ryave (2.8 km) and Nerala Mane (3.0 km).

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

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